A randomized controlled study of the impact of dietary zinc supplementation in the management of children with protein-energy malnutrition in Lesotho. II: Special investigations

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 353-360

  Makonnen, B ^a   Venter, A ^a   Joubert, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LESOTHO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SOUTH AFRICA; ZINC;

EID: 0348010660     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.6.353     Document Type: Article

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