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Comment
. 2012:5:15366.
doi: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.15366. Epub 2012 Apr 12.

Invited commentary to the paper 'Zinc status and its association with the health of adolescents: a review of studies in India'

Vaman Khadilkar  1 , Anuradha Khadilkar
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Invited commentary to the paper 'Zinc status and its association with the health of adolescents: a review of studies in India'

Vaman Khadilkar et al. Glob Health Action. 2012.

Abstract

We are pleased to view the article based on Dr. Rama Kawade's thesis illustrating the importance of micronutrient adequacy, especially zinc, and associated health implications in Indian adolescent girls. This brief commentary addresses three major aspects in which Kawade's work has made a significant contribution; nutrition and health issues of adolescents, rising importance of zinc in terms of deficiency problems being addressed, and development of dietary interventions to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies.

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