A Randomized Controlled Zinc Supplementation Trial to Evaluate Biomarkers of Zinc Status of Adult Women in Rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia
Alemtsehay Bogale, Stephen Clarke, Joanna Fiddler, Michael Hambidge & Barbara Stoecker · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015
Objectives: Effects of 20 mg Zn or placebo for 23 d on zinc transporter and metallothionein (MT) mRNA abundance, plasma zinc and zinc-related biomarkers were evaluated in apparently healthy women. Methods: Participants (n=48) were randomly selected from village lists of non-pregn...
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10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21309