Effect of zinc supplementation on cell-mediated immunity and lymphocyte subsets in preschool children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 589-597

  Sazawal, Sunil ^a,b,c   Jalla, Sanju ^a   Mazumder, Sarmila ^a   Sinha, Anju ^a   Black, Robert E ^b   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

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

^c Center for Micronutrient Research   (India)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Diarrhea; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLONAL ANERGY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GLUCONATES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

EID: 0030795271     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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