Clinical applications of recent advances in zinc metabolism
By: editors, Ananda S. Prasad, Ivor E. Dreosti, Basil S. Hetzel.
Contributors: Prasad, Ananda S.; Dreosti, Ivor E.; Hetzel, Basil S., 1922-; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Human Nutrition.; South Australian Post-graduate Medical Education Association.
Series: Current topics in nutrition and disease ;; v. 7
Publisher: A.R. Liss
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Zinc deficiency diseases -- Congresses.; Zinc in the body -- Congresses.; Zinc -- Metabolism -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Based on papers read at a workshop on clinical aspects of zinc metabolism, held in Adelaide, S. Aust., on May 16, 1981, which was convened by the Division of Human Nutrition, CSIRO, in association with the South Australian Post-graduate Medical Education Association.
Table of contents: title: History of zinc in human nutrition / Ananda S. Prasad; title: Zinc in prenatal development / Ivor E. Dreosti; title: Zinc status and pregnancy outcome in humans / Sten Jameson; title: Maternal zinc status and pregnancy outcome / Anthony J. McMichael, Ivor E. Dreosti, and George T. Gibson; title: Low molecular weight zinc binding ligands in milk / Lucille S. Hurley and Bo Lönnerdal; title: Zinc in milk / Bo Lönnerdal, Carl L. Keen, and Lucille S. Hurley; title: Clinical disorders of zinc deficiency / Ananda S. Prasad; title: Hair and plasma in the diagnosis of zinc deficiency / Dennis Shapcott; title: Recent developments in the diagnosis of zinc deficiency in man / Ananda S. Prasad; title: Hair and plasma zinc levels in Aboriginal Australians / Donald B. Cheek, Richard M. Smith, and Randolph M. Spargo; title: Zinc in total parenteral nutrition / Garry D. Phillips; title: New horizons in the role of zinc in cellular function / F.M. Burnet.