Burns
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 711-716 , September 2005

Impaired zinc and copper status in children with burn injuries: Need to reassess nutritional requirements

  • V. Saroja Voruganti

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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  • Gordon L. Klein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Galveston, TX, USA
    • University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Burns Hospital, Children's Hospital, Room 3.270, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0352, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 409 772 1689; fax: +1 409 747 2213.
    • ,
  • Hong-Xing Lu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Suchmor Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Galveston, TX, USA
    • University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Burns Hospital, Children's Hospital, Room 3.270, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0352, USA
    • ,
  • Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
    • ,
  • David N. Herndon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Galveston, TX, USA
    • University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Burns Hospital, Children's Hospital, Room 3.270, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0352, USA

,Accepted 29 April 2005.

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PII: S0305-4179(05)00145-2

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.04.026

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 711-716 , September 2005

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