Impact of fortified versus unfortified lipid-based supplements on morbidity and nutritional status: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial in ill Gambian children

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Unger, Stefan A ^a,b,c   Drammeh, Saikou ^a   Hasan, Jahid ^a   Ceesay, Kabiru ^a   Sinjanka, Edrisa ^a   Beyai, Sainey ^a   Sonko, Bakary ^a   Dondeh, Bai Lamin ^a   Fulford, Anthony J ^a,b   Moore, Sophie E ^a,b,d   Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT; OROSOMUCOID; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORTIFIED FOOD; GAMBIAN; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUNTING; VISITING NURSING SERVICE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON; ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GAMBIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPIDS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 85028568481     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002377     Document Type: Article

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