Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 45-53 , January 2005

Zinc status of lactating Egyptian mothers and their infants: effect of maternal zinc supplementation

  • Sanaa Youssef Shaaban

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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  • Moustafa Abdel Aziz El-Hodhod

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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  • May Fouad Nassar

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +20 202 6820230; fax: +20 201 6061392.
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  • Adham El-Taher Hegazy

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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  • Soha Ezz El-Arab

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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  • Farouk Mohamed Shaheen

      Affiliations

    • (Retired from) National Nutrition Institute, Cairo 11562, Egypt

Received 20 October 2003 ,Revised 11 August 2004 ,Accepted 1 October 2004.

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PII: S0271-5317(04)00200-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2004.10.006

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 45-53 , January 2005

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