title: [Iron, copper, and zinc in children from Tanzania afflicted with protein-calorie malnutrition].
abstract: Atomic absorption spectrophotometry was employed in an evaluation of zinc, copper and iron as trace elements in serum and erythrocytes from 56 children with protein-calorie malnutrition at different stages (early kwashiorkor, kwashiorkor and marasma). Iron and zinc concentrations showed a decreasing pattern through the various stages of the P.C.M. Significant changes are present in zinc values. The role of these trace elements in the P.C.M. is shortly discussed.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood*; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D007732:Kwashiorkor / Q000097:blood*; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000097:blood*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013636:Tanzania; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D007501:Iron; D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Ferro, rame e zinco in bambini della Tanzania affetti da malnutrizione calorico-proteica.