Zinc or multiple micronutrient supplementation to reduce diarrhea and respiratory disease in South African children: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Luabeya, Kany Kany Angelique ^a   Mpontshane, Nontobeko ^b   Mackay, Malanie ^c   Ward, Honorine ^d   Elson, Inga ^a   Chhagan, Meera ^a,e   Tomkins, Andrew ^f   Van den Broeck, Jan ^g   Bennish, Michael L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Church of Scotland Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCONATE COPPER; GLUCONATE ZINC; IODINE; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH; LUNG DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; ZINC;

EID: 39349116922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000541     Document Type: Article

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