A high prevalence of zinc- but not iron-deficiency among women in rural Malawi: a cross-sectional study

Edwin W P Siyame; Rachel Hurst; Anna A Wawer; Scott D Young; Martin R Broadley; Allan D C Chilimba; Louise E Ander; Michael J Watts; Benson Chilima; Jellita Gondwe; Dalitso Kang'ombe; Alexander Kalimbira; Susan J Fairweather-Tait; Karl B Bailey; Rosalind S Gibson

doi:10.1024/0300-9831/a000158

A high prevalence of zinc- but not iron-deficiency among women in rural Malawi: a cross-sectional study

Edwin W P Siyame
, Rachel Hurst
, Anna A Wawer
, Scott D Young
, Martin R Broadley
, Allan D C Chilimba
, Louise E Ander
, Michael J Watts
, Benson Chilima
, Jellita Gondwe
, Dalitso Kang'ombe
, Alexander Kalimbira
, Susan J Fairweather-Tait
, Karl B Bailey
, Rosalind S Gibson

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Abstract

Zinc deficiency is often associated with nutritional iron deficiency (ID), and may be exacerbated by low selenium status.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	176-87
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research
Volume	83
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1024/0300-9831/a000158
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Siyame, E. W. P., Hurst, R., Wawer, A. A., Young, S. D., Broadley, M. R., Chilimba, A. D. C., Ander, L. E., Watts, M. J., Chilima, B., Gondwe, J., Kang'ombe, D., Kalimbira, A., Fairweather-Tait, S. J., Bailey, K. B., & Gibson, R. S. (2013). A high prevalence of zinc- but not iron-deficiency among women in rural Malawi: a cross-sectional study. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 83(3), 176-87. https://doi.org/10.1024/0300-9831/a000158

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