Zinc supplementation reduced morbidity, but neither zinc nor iron supplementation affected growth or body composition of Mexican preschoolers

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Rosado, Jorge L ^a   López, Patricia ^b   Muñoz, Elsa ^b   Martinez, Homero ^b   Allen, Lindsay H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

body composition; children; growth; iron; Mexico; morbidity; supplementation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; METHIONINE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 1842301780     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.1.13     Document Type: Article

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