Correlation between zinc intake and hair zinc levels to morbidity of infectious diseases in children aged 24-35 months in Jakarta

Dyah arum Kusumaningtyas, Diana Sunardi, Rini Sekartini

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Abstract

According to WHO, preventable diseases, including infectious diseases, are the most common cause of death in children. Based on Indonesia's 2019 health profile data, the top five morbidity and mortality in children aged 1-4 years are acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) of (25.8%), pneumonia (21.7%), fever (14%), diarrhea and gastrointestinal disease (14.4%). Zinc has an important role in immunity especially for younger child
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSelected conference proceedings of the Nutri Virtual Symposium 2021
Pages41
Volume5
EditionS3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Mar 2022

Publication series

NameWorld Nutrition Journal
ISSN (Print)2580-7013

Keywords

  • zinc intake
  • hair zinc level
  • morbidity of infectious disease
  • child

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