Effects of Daily Zinc, Daily Multiple Micronutrient Powder, or Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation for Diarrhea Prevention on Physical Growth, Anemia, and Micronutrient Status in Rural Laotian Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 207, Issue , 2019, Pages 80-89.e2

  Barffour, Maxwell A ^a,b   Hinnouho, Guy Marino ^a   Kounnavong, Sengchanh ^c   Wessells, K Ryan ^a   Ratsavong, Kethmany ^c   Bounheuang, Bangone ^c   Chanhthavong, Bigphone ^c   Sitthideth, Dalaphone ^c   Sengnam, Khanpaseuth ^c   Arnold, Charles D ^a   Brown, Kenneth H ^a,d   Hess, Sonja Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute   (Laos)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; LAOTIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GROWTH DISORDER; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LAOS; POWDER;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; MICRONUTRIENTS; POWDERS; ZINC;

EID: 85058781955     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.11.022     Document Type: Article

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