World Nutrition Journal
Vol. 5 No. S3 (2022): Selected conference proceedings of the Nutri Virtual Symposium 2021

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

Dyah Arum Kusumaningtyas (Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital)
Diana Sunardi (Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital)
Rini Sekartini (Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2022

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

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Journal Info

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WNJ

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Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

Description

World Nutrition Journal was founded in 2016 as the official journal of Indonesian Nutrition Association. It aims to publish high quality articles in the field of community, clinical, and critical care aspects of nutrition sciences. World Nutrition Journal (abbreviated: W Nutr J) is an English ...