print email comment close Facts About Dietary Supplements: Zinc URL: http://www.ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/cc/zinc.html Description: Material about zinc, "an essential mineral that is found in almost every cell," in the human diet. Topics include recommended dietary allowance of zinc for children and adults, who may need extra zinc, zinc and the common cold, health risk of too much zinc, and selected food sources of zinc. From the Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Publisher: Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health (NIH) LII Database Information: Record 21964 created by Maria Brandt on 06/26/2006 Last modification on 06/26/2006 Published: 06/29/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21964