The impact of zinc supplementation on growth and body composition: A randomized, controlled trial among rural Zimbabwean schoolchildren

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-45

  Friis, H ^a,c   Ndhlovu, P ^b   Mduluza, T ^b   Kaondera, K ^b   Sandstrom B ^c   Michaelsen, K F ^c   Vennervald, B J ^a   Christensen, N O ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body composition; Controlled trial; Growth; Phytic acid; Randomized; Schoolchildren; Zimbabwe; Zinc deficiency; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN; ZIMBABWE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031018118     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600358     Document Type: Article

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