Comparison of preventive and therapeutic zinc supplementation in young children in Burkina Faso: A cluster-randomized, community-based trial1-3

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2058-2066

  Becquey, Elodie ^a,b,c   Ouédraogo, Cesaire T ^d   Hess, Sonja Y ^b   Rouamba, Noel ^d   Prince, Lea ^b   Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco ^d   Vosti, Stephen A ^b   Brown, Kenneth H ^a,b  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhea; Growth; Intermittent zinc supplementation; Malaria; Preventive zinc supplementation; Therapeutic zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY PREVENTIVE ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; STUNTING; THERAPEUTIC ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDERS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; ZINC;

EID: 85006784003     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/JN.116.230128     Document Type: Article

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