Zinc supplementation, mental development and behaviour in low birth weight term infants in northeast Brazil

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-227

  Ashworth, A ^a   Morris, S S ^a,b   Lira, P I C ^a,c   Grantham McGregor, S M ^d  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Infant development; Low birth weight; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 0031884874     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600553     Document Type: Article

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