Effect of zinc supplementation on growth in very low birth weight infants

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-54

  Ram kumar, T V ^a   Ramji, Siddarth ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Low birth weight; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PLACEBOS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 84856397106     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr036     Document Type: Article

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