Operational feasibility of implementing community-based zinc supplementation: Impact on childhood diarrheal morbidity

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 306-310

  Gupta, Dhirendra N ^a   Rajendran, Krishnan ^a   Mondal, Sujit K ^a   Ghosh, Subrata ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood; Constraints; Diarrhea; Randomized; Zinc

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; RURAL POPULATION; ZINC;

EID: 34247141846     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000258692.65485.d9     Document Type: Article

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