Hair zinc levels in rural Costa Rican infants and preschool children
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O’Leary, M.J
Mata Jiménez, Leonardo
Hegarty, P. V. J.
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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: 33; p. 2194-2197
Abstract
Correlations between hair zinc and age, sex, weight, and length were determined on 138 boys and girls aged 6 months to 4 years from a low socioeconomic region of rural Costa Rica. Zinc deficiency, as assessed by hair zinc concentrations of less than 70 μg/g, was observed in only a few of these children, a negative correlation between hair zinc and growth parameters was obtained, which may reflect increased zinc needs during rapid growth. Females had significantly more zinc in hair than males of similar age. This study confirms previous findings that normally growing infants and preschool children have normal hair zinc levels.
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artículo -- Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto de Investigaciones en Saludos. 1980. Este documento no es visible por limitaciones de derechos de autor.
Keywords
Deficiencia de Zinc, Ciencias de la Nutrición del Niño, Desarrollo Infantil, Trastornos de la Nutrición del Niño, Nutrición del Niño