Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of treatment with zinc or vitamin A in infants and young children with severe acute lower respiratory infection

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 430-436

  Mahalanabis, Dilip ^a   Lahiri, Madhurima ^b   Paul, Dilip ^b   Gupta, Susham ^a   Gupta, Atul ^b   Wahed, Mohammed A ^c   Khaled, Mohammed A ^d  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^b BC Roy Memorial Hospital for Children   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infection; ALRI; Clinical trial; Sex effect; Therapy; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLACEBOS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 1642310405     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.3.430     Document Type: Article

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