Corpus ID: 212588615

Zinc Deficiency among Malnourished Children under 5 Years in Gaza City

@inproceedings{Abdraboh2019ZincDA,
  title={Zinc Deficiency among Malnourished Children under 5 Years in Gaza City},
  author={Mirvat H Abdraboh and Adnan A Alwahaidi and A. Mostafa and B. Zabut},
  year={2019}
}

• Mirvat H Abdraboh, Adnan A Alwahaidi, +1 author B. Zabut
• Published 2019

Zinc is one of the trace elements important in human nutrition and metabolism. Zinc deficiency is now recognized as one of the most severe problems of human malnutrition world-wide. It is caused by low dietary intake of zinc and related to growth retardation in children, loss of appetite, impaired immune function and diarrhea. Objective: To investigate zinc deficiency among malnourished children under 5 years in Gaza city. Methodology: This cross sectional study consisted of 300 malnourished… Expand

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