Zinc supplementation during diarrhoea, a fortification against malnutrition?

The Lancet

Volumn 336, Issue 8712, 1990, Pages 442-443

  Behrens, R H ^a   Tomkins, A M ^a   Roy, S K ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Sciences Division International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC; ZINC ACETATE;

DIARRHEA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; ZINC;

EID: 0025006567     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)91991-I     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Are diarrhoea control programmes likely to reduce childhood malnutrition? Observations from rural Bangladesh
2. Trace mineral balance during acute diarrhoea
3. Effect of zinc supplementation on the dietary intake, rate of weight gain, and energy cost of tissue deposition in children recovering from severe malnutrition