title: The Emerging Roles of Zinc in Infant Nutrition, Development, and Infectious Diseases: Part 2.
abstract: This part of the series on zinc delineates current knowledge on the roles of zinc in immunity and infectious disease. It also suggests strategies for improving zinc status.
authors: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md, and SGM Associates, Inc, Evansville, Ind.; Robert E. Black, MD, MPH, is the Edgar Berman Professor and Chairman of the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr Black has focused on the relationship of nutritional deficiencies to infectious diseases in children in developing countries and to the development of interventions to improve child health. He has conducted randomized trials of zinc supplements and other related research in Bangladesh, India, Peru, and Zanzibar.; Stanley G. Miguel, PhD, is President of SGM Associates Inc, a consulting firm that provides project management and product development services to the food and nutrition industries.
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