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- Title
Challenges and opportunities in the assessment of zinc status.
- Authors
Samman, Samir
- Abstract
The article discusses the opportunities and challenges in the assessment of zinc status. It states that zinc status assessment is challenging when considering the increasing focus on the principles of medicine in the application and practice of nutritional science. It says that the knowledge of cellular homeostasis, metalloproteins, and transport proteins may lead to better definition of zinc status.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of deficiency diseases; DEFICIENCY diseases; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKERS; DIET; INGESTION; NUTRITIONAL requirements; PHYTIC acid; ZINC; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Nutrition & Dietetics, 2011, Vol 68, Issue 2, p95
- ISSN
1446-6368
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1747-0080.2011.01521.x