Zinc supplementation for preventing mortality, morbidity, and growth failure in children aged 6 months to 12 years of age

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Mayo Wilson, Evan ^a   Junior, Jean A ^b   Imdad, Aamer ^c   Dean, Sohni ^d   Chan, Xin Hui S ^e   Chan, Evelyn S ^f   Jaswal, Aneil ^f   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^d,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STUNTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84929498862     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009384.pub2     Document Type: Review

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