Randomised controlled trial of zinc supplementation in malnourished Bangladeshi children with acute diarrhoea

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 196-200

  Roy, S K ^a,d   Tomkins, A M ^b   Akramuzzaman, S M ^a   Behrens, R H ^c   Haider, R ^a   Mahalanabis, D ^a   Fuchs, G ^a  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhoea; Malnutrition; Weight gain; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; ZINC;

BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030863719     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.3.196     Document Type: Note

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