Adding zinc to supplemental iron and folic acid does not affect mortality and severe morbidity in young children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-117

  Bhandari, Nita ^a,b   Taneja, Sunita ^b   Mazumder, Sarmila ^b   Bahl, Rajiv ^c   Fontaine, Olivier ^c   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a   Bagga, Arvind ^a   Kumar, Tivendra ^a   Nayyar, Brinda ^a   Suri, Vandna ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID; IRON; ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TABLET; TREATMENT DURATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33846032624     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.1.112     Document Type: Article

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