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Serum zinc concentrations in exclusively breast-fed infants and in infants fed an adapted formula

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Leiden State University, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J. P. van Wouwe

  2. Department of Radiochemistry and Biophysics, Interuniversity Reactor Institute, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB, Delft, The Netherlands

    C. J. A. van den Hamer & J. B. van Tricht

  3. Istituto di Puericultura e Medicina Neonatale, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Vittorio Vigi

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van Wouwe, J.P., van den Hamer, C.J.A., van Tricht, J.B. et al. Serum zinc concentrations in exclusively breast-fed infants and in infants fed an adapted formula. Eur J Pediatr 144, 598–599 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00496048

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