Individuals at risk of zinc deficiency (6, 19, 23, 24): 1  Premature and low-birth-weight infants. 2  Older breast-fed infants and toddlers with inadequate intake of zinc-rich complementary foods. 3  Children and adolescents. 4  Pregnant and lactating (breast-feeding) women, especially adolescents.
A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients.
The Women's Health Resource. Often, one may hear the terms outpatient or inpatient used when referring to a type of diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Inpatient means that the procedure requires the patient to be admitted to the hospital, primarily so that he or she can be closely monitored during the procedure and afterwards, during recovery.