ZINC IN URBAN INFANTS AND CHILDREN FROM BRASILIA

Authors
DOREA JG
Citation
Jg. Dorea, ZINC IN URBAN INFANTS AND CHILDREN FROM BRASILIA, Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion, 47(2), 1997, pp. 39-40
Citations number
8
Journal title
Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion → ACNP
ISSN journal
00040622
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
1
Pages
39 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-0622(1997)47:2<39:ZIUIAC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The substandard living conditions of the poor families in the fast gro wing urban population of Brazilian cities puts children in the more vu lnerable group of micronutrient deficiency. The chemical analysis of m ilk diets consumed by infants showed that zinc is insufficiently provi ded in bottle-fed infants, and possibly a first-limiting nutrient in b reast-fed babies, at least during the first 6 months of life.