ZINC AND IRON INTERACTION - CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE DEVELOPING-WORLD

This paper reviews research published in recent years concerning the e ffects of zinc and iron interaction in both animal and humans. The inf ormation is discussed with particular emphasis on those situations rel evant to the realities of less-industrialized countries. A clear need for a shift from the naked concept of ''deficiency'' or ''excess'' to a global perspective of ''balance'' emerges from the analysis performe d. The conceptual considerations made here may have application beyond these two nutrients when approaching solutions for the correction of nutritional disorders. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Inc.