Zinc supplementation reduces morbidity and mortality in very-lowbirth-weight preterm neonates: A hospital-based randomized, placebo-controlled trial in an industrialized country

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1468-1474

  Terrin, Gianluca ^a   Canani, Roberto B ^b   Passariello, Annalisa ^c   Messina, Francesco ^d   Conti, Maria G ^a   Caoci, Stefano ^a   Smaldore, Antonella ^a   Bertino, Enrico ^e   De Curtis, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Hospital Dei Colli   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Evangelico Betania   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO; RETINOL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; ITALY; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SEPSIS; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 84888242490     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.054478     Document Type: Article

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