Zinc supplementation improved length growth only in anemic infants in a multi-country trial of iron and zinc supplementation in South-East Asia

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1969-1975

  Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine A ^a   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^b   Wieringa, Frank T ^c   Wasantwisut, Emorn ^b   Utomo, Budi ^d   Ninh, Nguyen X ^e   Hidayat, Adi ^f   Berger, Jacques ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^f TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 53249103602     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.10.1969     Document Type: Article

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