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© 1989 Oxford University Press

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Research Review: Studies in the Nutrition of Elderly People with Particular Reference to Essential Trace Elements

VALDA W. BUNKER and BARBARA E. CLAYTON

University Department of Geriatric Medicine
Faculty of MedicineSouthampton General Hospital Tremona Road, Southampton S09 4XY

Duplicate diet analysis, metabolic balance studies and the measurement of biochemical andhaematological indices were used to assess the trace element and overall nutritional status of 24apparently healthy and 20 housebound elderly subjects. The housebound subjects had suboptimal status(as compared with the healthy subjects) for nitrogen, zinc, copper, iron, selenium, calcium andphosphorus.


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