Effect of zinc supplementation on malaria and other causes of morbidity in west African children: Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7302, 2001, Pages 1567-1570

  Muller O ^a   Becher, H ^a   Van Zweeden, A B ^b   Ye, Y ^b   Diallo, D A ^c   Konate, A T ^a   Gbangou, A ^b   Kouyate, B ^b   Garenne, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^d Université Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLECTRA ZINC; PLACEBO; ZINC SULFATE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURKINA FASO; CELL VOLUME; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZINC;

EID: 0035974439     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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