Study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, community-based efficacy trial of various doses of zinc in micronutrient powders or tablets in young bangladeshi children

Nutrients

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Islam, M Munirul ^a   McDonald, Christine M ^b   Krebs, Nancy F ^c   Westcott, Jamie ^c   Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur ^a   El Arifeen, Shams ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   King, Janet C ^b   Black, Robert E ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Exchangeable zinc pool size; Infants; Linear growth; Multiple micronutrient powder; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE MICRONUTRIENT POWDER; POWDER; SCORING SYSTEM; TABLET; BANGLADESH; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); URBAN POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; POWDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TABLETS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN POPULATION; ZINC;

EID: 85041018224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu10020132     Document Type: Article

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