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Original Article

Interindividual Variation in Circulating Zinc Concentrations Among Healthy Adult Men and Women

Zawiah Hashim Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
,
Leslie Woodhouse Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
&
Janet C. King Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
Pages 383-390 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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