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Title: Zinc for preterm infants: Who needs it and how much is needed?

Author
item ABRAMS, STEVEN - Children'S Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)

Submitted to: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/16/2013
Publication Date: 12/1/2013
Citation: Abrams, S.A. 2013. Zinc for preterm infants: Who needs it and how much is needed?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 98(6):1373-1374.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The establishment of micronutrient requirements for infants remains a challenge. For healthy full-term infants, breast milk is an appropriate standard for virtually all nutrients. In contrast, guidelines for infants who are not healthy, and infants who are born preterm, are much more tenuous.