Study of zinc supplementation on growth of schoolchildren in Yasuj, Southwest of Iran

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-342

  Ebrahimi, Sedigheh ^a   Pormahmodi, Azizallah ^a   Kamkar, Ali ^a  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Growth; Schoolchildren; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYRUP; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33747380595     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.341.342     Document Type: Article

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