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Zinc supplementation and bone growth in pubertal girls

Authors :
Margo E. Barker
Peter Clark
Richard Eastell
Source :
The Lancet. 354:485
Publication Year :
1999
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1999.

Abstract

We supplemented the diets of 47 peripubertal girls with zinc (15 mg/day) or placebo for 6 weeks. Zinc supplementation increased serum zinc. Insulin-like growth factor I and biochemical markers of bone turnover did not change, albeit dietary zinc was below the reference level (in 94% of individuals).

Subjects

Subjects :
Bone growth
medicine.medical_specialty
Diet therapy
Growth factor
medicine.medical_treatment
chemistry.chemical_element
General Medicine
Metabolism
Zinc
Biology
Placebo
Bone remodeling
Increased serum zinc
Endocrinology
chemistry
Internal medicine
medicine

Details

ISSN :
01406736
Volume :
354
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Lancet
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........05558d9a5146a743ea316b3f9a5298e7
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(99)01290-8
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