Zinc and human health: Results of recent trials and implications for program interventions and research
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Book
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ISBN 10
1894217136
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9781894217132
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Publication Year
2000
Pages
68
Subject
Zinc in the body--Physiological effects ; Zinc-deficiency diseases ; Clinic trials
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Zinc deficiency is now recognized as a common public health problem nearly hall of the world's population is at risk of inadequate zinc intake. Addressing and controlling zinc deficiencies is proving difficult, however, because of uncertainty regarding the extent of deficiency in the most vulnerable populations and because of our limited experience with programmatic interventions.
This publication provides baseline information on the nutritional importance of zinc. It summarizes the results of previous zinc-intervention trials and draws upon these results to provide lessons for future program interventions.The publication also identifies critical gaps in current knowledge, gaps that would impede the implementation of program interventions and that must be addressed through research.
Zinc and Human Health is the first publication to provide guidelines for the development of intervention programs to control the serious problem of zinc deficiency in high-risk populations. It will be a useful and important reference for nutritional scientists, the academic community, research-funding agencies, and policy- and decision-makers in the nutrition sector.
This publication provides baseline information on the nutritional importance of zinc. It summarizes the results of previous zinc-intervention trials and draws upon these results to provide lessons for future program interventions.The publication also identifies critical gaps in current knowledge, gaps that would impede the implementation of program interventions and that must be addressed through research.
Zinc and Human Health is the first publication to provide guidelines for the development of intervention programs to control the serious problem of zinc deficiency in high-risk populations. It will be a useful and important reference for nutritional scientists, the academic community, research-funding agencies, and policy- and decision-makers in the nutrition sector.
Biblio Notes
QP 535 Z6 Z55 2000
Zinc and human health: Results of recent trials and implications for program interventions and research/ Kenneth H. Brown; Sara E. Wuehler. -- Canada: IDRC (International Development Research Center), 2000.
Zinc in the body--Physiological effects ; Zinc-deficiency diseases ; Clinic trials Nutrition, Medical Books, Nutrition, Nutrition
301 CAFbooks/ 1402/ 1419 MPQLdb
Zinc and human health: Results of recent trials and implications for program interventions and research/ Kenneth H. Brown; Sara E. Wuehler. -- Canada: IDRC (International Development Research Center), 2000.
Zinc in the body--Physiological effects ; Zinc-deficiency diseases ; Clinic trials Nutrition, Medical Books, Nutrition, Nutrition
301 CAFbooks/ 1402/ 1419 MPQLdb
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