Impact of vitamin A with zinc supplementation on malaria morbidity in Ghana

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a   Newton, Sam ^a   Mahama, Emmanuel ^a   Febir, Lawrence Gyabaa ^a   Ali, Martha ^a   Adjei, Kwame ^a   Tchum, Kofi ^a   Alhassan, Latifa ^a   Moleah, Thabisile ^b   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^c  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaria; Morbidity; MRDR; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE ZINC; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; VENOUS BLOOD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 84884357815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-131     Document Type: Article

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