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Zinc Deficiency in Children With Pneumonia

This study is intended to survey the zinc deficiency in a prospective , comparative-descriptive way 30 children were selected from among the children hospitalized in Al-Zahra Hospital due to pneumonia in 1379 . Hair zinc was measured through NAA . The analyzed findings revealed that the average hair zinc among the cases and the control group were 88.24% + 45.17 PPM and 17.32+50.91 PPM respectively which was considered significant . The average zinc amount and age were positively related in both groups . The results indicated that zinc deficiency and pneumonia were significantly related and it indicated low zinc amount even in healthy kids .