Comparison of two forms of daily preventive zinc supplementation versus therapeutic zinc supplementation for diarrhea on young children’s physical growth and risk of infection: study design and rationale for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Zinc is an essential nutrient that is required for children’s normal growth and resistance to infections, including diarrhea and pneumonia, two major causes of child mortality. Daily or weekly preventive zinc supplementation has been shown to improve growth and reduce the risk of infecti...

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Autores principales: Wessells, K. Ryan, Brown, Kenneth H., Kounnavong, Sengchanh, Barffour, Maxwell A., Hinnouho, Guy-Marino, Sayasone, Somphou, Stephensen, Charles B., Ratsavong, Kethmany, Larson, Charles P., Arnold, Charles D., Harding, Kimberly B., Reinhart, Gregory A., Lertmemongkolchai, Ganjana, Fucharoen, Supan, Bernstein, Robin M., Hess, Sonja Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7050875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32153900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-018-0247-6

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