Effectiveness of zinc-fortified water on zinc intake, status and morbidity in Kenyan pre-school children: A randomised controlled trial

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2018, Pages 2855-2865

  Kujinga, Prosper ^a   Galetti, Valeria ^b   Onyango, Elizabeth ^c   Jakab, Viktor ^b   Buerkli, Simone ^b   Andang'O, Pauline ^d   Brouwer, Inge D ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^b   Moretti, Diego ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Food Science and Nutrition   (Switzerland)

^c MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^d MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Plasma zinc concentration; Pre school children; Water fortification; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KENYA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SINUSITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; DIARRHEA; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KENYA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; RURAL POPULATION; SINUSITIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 85048093704     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018001441     Document Type: Article

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