Two weeks of zinc administration to Nepalese children with pneumonia does not reduce the incidence of pneumonia or diarrhea during the next six months

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1677-1682

  Chandyo, Ram K ^a,b   Shrestha, Prakash S ^b   Valentiner Branth, Palle ^c   Mathisen, Maria ^a   Basnet, Sudha ^b   Ulak, Manjeswori ^a,b   Adhikari, Ramesh K ^b   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^a,d   Strand, Tor A ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEEZING; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INFANT; NEPAL; PNEUMONIA; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 77956591863     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.117978     Document Type: Article

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