Weekly iron supplementation does not block increases in serum zinc due to weekly zinc supplementation in Bangladeshi infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2187-2191

  Baqui, Abdullah H ^a,b   Fischer Walker, Christa L ^a   Zaman, K ^b   El Arifeen, Shams ^b   Chowdhury, Hafizur Rahman ^b   Wahed, Mohammed A ^b   Black, Robert E ^a   Caulfield, Laura E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Copper; Hemoglobin; Iron; Supplementation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; RIBOFLAVIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 24744462703     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.9.2187     Document Type: Article

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