Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements, regardless of their zinc content, increase growth and reduce the prevalence of stunting and Wasting in young burkinabe children: A cluster-randomized trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Hess, Sonja Y ^a   Abbeddou, Souheila ^a   Jimenez, Elizabeth Yakes ^b   Somé, Jérôme W ^a,c   Vosti, Stephen A ^a   Ouédraogo, Zinéwendé P ^c   Guissou, Rosemonde M ^c   Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco ^c   Brown, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PLACEBO; ZINC; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BURKINABE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL QUANTITY LIPID BASED NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BURKINA FASO; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS;

BURKINA FASO; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPIDS; MALE; WASTING SYNDROME; ZINC;

EID: 84929453928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/joumal.pone.0122242     Document Type: Article

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