Maternal Zinc Supplementation Reduces Diarrheal Morbidity in Peruvian Infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Iannotti, Lora L ^a   Zavaleta, Nelly ^b   León, Zulema ^b   Huasquiche, Clara ^b   Shankar, Anuraj H ^c   Caulfield, Laura E ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID; FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID PLUS ZINC SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCABIES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 77952288281     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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