Zinc supplementation affects the activity patterns of rural Guatemalan infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1333-1338

  Bentley, Margaret E ^a   Caulfield, Laura E ^a   Ram, Malathi ^a,b   Santizo, Maria Claudia ^b   Hurtado, Elena ^b   Rivera, Juan A ^c   Ruel, Marie T ^d   Brown, Kenneth H ^e  

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

^b Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Growth; Humans; Infant development; Motor activity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030747664     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.7.1333     Document Type: Article

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