Zinc supplementation reduces the incidence of acute lower respiratory infections in infants and preschool children: A double-blind, controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Sazawal, S ^a   Black, R E ^a   Jalla, S ^a   Mazumdar, S ^a   Sinha, A ^a   Bhan, M K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Experimental trial; Nutrition; Pneumonia; Respiratory infections; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCONATES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; ZINC;

EID: 0031803961     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.102.1.1     Document Type: Article

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