Effect of zinc supplementation on observed activity in low socioeconomic Indian preschool children

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1132-1137

  Sazawal, Sunil ^a,b   Bentley, Margaret ^b   Black, Robert E ^b   Dhingra, Pratibha ^a   George, Sherly ^a   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

activity; child development; malnutrition; zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COLECALCIFEROL; GLUCONATE ZINC; NICOTINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; ZINC;

EID: 0029955449     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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