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. 2025 May;16(5):100408.
doi: 10.1016/j.advnut.2025.100408. Epub 2025 Mar 12.

Zinc

Liping Huang  1 , Carmen P Wong  2 , Emily Ho  3
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Zinc

Liping Huang et al. Adv Nutr. 2025 May.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest EH serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards for Haleon, Vytology, and Amway. EH has served as a paid scientific expert for testimony with Bayer. All other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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