Stable isotope metabolic studies of zinc nutrition in slum-dwelling lactating women in the Amazon valley
Open Access
- 9 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in British Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 59 (2) , 193-203
- https://doi.org/10.1079/bjn19880026
Abstract
1. Zinc metabolism has been studied in a group of undernourished, slum-dwelling, lactating women in Manaus, Brazil, by means of modified metabolic balance techniques and the stable isotope 67Zn.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
- Lacteal Zinc and Copper in Relation to Volume, Total Ash and Energy during the First Three Months of Lactation of Brazilian WomenActa Paediatrica, 1985
- The Effect of Topical Zinc Absorption from Wounds on Growth and the Wound Healing Process in Zinc-Deficient RatsScandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1985
- Zinc homeostasis in man: studies using a new stable isotope-dilution techniqueBritish Journal of Nutrition, 1984
- Zinc absorption in the ratBritish Journal of Nutrition, 1981
- Zinc deficiency in the West of Scotland? A dietary intake studyBritish Journal of Nutrition, 1979
- Acquired zinc deficiency dermatosis in manArchives of Dermatology, 1978
- Homeostatic Adjustments in Zinc Digestion to Widely Varying Dietary Zinc IntakeAnnals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 1978
- Zinc and di-iodohydroxyquinoline therapy in acrodermatitis enteropathica.Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1977
- A Syndrome of Acute Zinc Deficiency During Total Parenteral Alimentation in ManAnnals of Surgery, 1976
- ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA: A LETHAL INHERITED HUMAN ZINC-DEFICIENCY DISORDERThe Lancet, 1974