Zinc supplementation reduces the incidence of persistent diarrhea and dysentery among low socioeconomic children in India

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 443-450

  Sazawal, Sunil ^a   Black, Robert E ^b   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a   Jalla, Sanju ^a   Bhandari, Nita ^a   Sinha, Anju ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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

Author keywords

diarrhea; diarrhea infantile; dysentery; humans; zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0030020628     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.2.443     Document Type: Article

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