Zinc supplementation and stunted infants in Ethiopia: A randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9220, 2000, Pages 2021-2026

  Umeta, Melaku ^a   West, Clive E ^b   Haidar, Jemal ^a   Deurenberg, Paul ^b   Hautvast, Joseph G A J ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE;

ANOREXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; VOMITING; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034631462     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02348-5     Document Type: Article

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