title: [Metabolism of trace elements in healthy and sick children. I. Health status].
abstract: The oligo-elements or trace elements have acquired a major importance in the knowledge concerning corporal composition and in the comprehension of their metabolic participation in organic processes. Today, thanks to the technological and scientific progress reached by modern pediatrics, the studies made at cellular level have advanced to a molecular level, which will in the future be, without doubt, the bridge that will lead into the atomic level. In addition, this review will briefly summarize several facts of the knowledge accumulated up to now, regarding: 1. The nutritional aspects of these oligo-elements; 2. Its biological functions in healthy condition, especially in children; 3. Their respective nutritional requirements.
authors: Unidad de Investigación en Salud Infantil, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México, D.F.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Cuéllar
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Frenk
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements
vernacular_title: Metabolismo de los oligoelementos en niños sanos y enfermos. Parte I. Condición de salud.