Neither a zinc supplement nor phytate-reduced maize nor their combination enhance growth of 6- to 12-month-old Guatemalan infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1041-1048

  Mazariegos, Manolo ^a   Hambidge, K Michael ^b   Westcott, Jamie E ^b   Solomons, Noel W ^a   Raboy, Victor ^c   Das, Abhik ^d   Goco, Norman ^d   Kindem, Mark ^d   Wright, Linda L ^e   Krebs, Nancy F ^b  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairments Aging and Metabolism   (Guatemala)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c United States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTATE; PLACEBO; ZINC;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

BODY SIZE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYTIC ACID; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTING SYNDROME; ZEA MAYS; ZINC;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951492720     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.115154     Document Type: Article

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