Soil Zinc Is Associated with Serum Zinc But Not with Linear Growth of Children in Ethiopia

To our knowledge, the relationships among soil zinc, serum zinc and children’s linear growth have not been studied geographically or at a national level in any country. We use data from the cross-sectional, nationally representative Ethiopian National Micronutrient Survey (ENMS) (n = 1776), which pr...

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Published in:	Nutrients Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 221
Main Authors:	Tessema, Masresha, De Groote, Hugo, D. Brouwer, Inge, J.M. Feskens, Edith, Belachew, Tefera, Zerfu, Dilnesaw, Belay, Adamu, Demelash, Yoseph, S. Gunaratna, Nilupa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 22.01.2019 MDPI
Subjects:	blood serum Cell division Censuses Child Development Child, Preschool Crops Developing countries Ethiopia Ethiopia - epidemiology Female Fertilizers Food Households Humans Infant inflammation LDCs linear growth Low income groups Male nutrient deficiencies Nutrition research Preschool children Public health regression analysis serum zinc soil Soil - chemistry soil fertility soil map soil zinc surveys zinc Zinc - blood Zinc - chemistry Zinc - deficiency Ethiopia United States > US Africa Addis Ababa Ethiopia preschool children linear growth soil zinc serum zinc soil fertility Ethiopia
ISSN:	2072-6643, 2072-6643
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