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Zinc supplementation for the treatment or prevention of disease: Current status and future perspectives

2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 43; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.exger.2007.12.002

1873-6815

Hajo Haase, Silke Overbeck, Lothar Rink,

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Zinc is a nutritionally essential trace element, and thus zinc deficiency may severely affect human health. Many studies were published in which the effect of nutritional zinc supplementation on the incidence or severity of a certain disease was investigated. This review summarizes the main observations and aims to evaluate the use of nutritional zinc supplementation for prevention and treatment of human disease.