Impact of Zinc Supplementation on Diarrheal Morbidity and Growth Pattern of Low Birth Weight Infants in Kolkata, India: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Community-Based Study

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1327-1332

  Sur, Dipika ^a   Gupta, Dhirendra N ^a   Mondal, Sujit K ^a   Ghosh, Subrato ^a   Manna, Byomkesh ^a   Rajendran, Krishnan ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Diarrhea; Low birth weight; Nutrition; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0347400426     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.6.1327     Document Type: Article

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