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Zinc Requirements in Trauma and Inflammation
Author(s) -
Boyette D. Morton
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.1982.92.6.648
Subject(s) - zinc , inflammation , trace (psycholinguistics) , zinc deficiency (plant disorder) , medicine , inflammatory response , systemic inflammation , intensive care medicine , immunology , materials science , metallurgy , linguistics , philosophy
Delayed response in healing has been reported to be due to deficiencies in the trace mineral, zinc. Though trace elements are generally recognized as important in human nutrition, zinc is only recently receiving attention. The literature is scattered with many articles about zinc's use in trauma and inflammation. This paper is a review of some of the current knowledge of zinc and its use in trauma and inflammation.