Comparison of the effects of zinc delivered in a fortified food or a liquid supplement on the growth, morbidity, and plasma zinc concentrations of young Peruvian children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 538-547

  Brown, Kenneth H ^a   De Romaña, Daniel López ^b   Arsenault, Joanne E ^a   Peerson, Janet M ^a   Penny, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Fortification; Growth; Infants; Supplementation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33846869957     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.2.538     Document Type: Article

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