Nutrition may influence toxicant susceptibility of children and elderly

Young children and elderly people are at great risk of poor nutrition. In a study of low- and high-income young children, we found that a large percentage of both groups, between 24% and 13%, had low intakes of calcium, iron and copper. Interestingly, the high-income child...

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Main Authors: Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, Michelle R. Neyman, Krista Fechner, Jeanette Sutherlin, Margaret Johns, Cathi Lamp, Constance Garrett, Carl Keen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2000-09-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v054n05p19