zinc

Abstract

The first suspected case of zinc deficiency in man was reported from Iran and it was a knowledge of animal deficiency symptoms which first led to speculation that zinc deficiency might be responsible for the retarded growth and hypogonadism. Subsequent studies in Egypt, reported in 1963 and 1967 confirmed that such patients were zinc deficient.

Citation

Hogarth, F.W. (1982), "zinc", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 82 No. 5, pp. 10-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058911