Effect of zinc added to a daily small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on diarrhoea, malaria, fever and respiratory infections in young children in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster-randomised trial
Objective Preventive zinc supplementation in the form of tablets or syrup reduces the incidence of diarrhoea and acute lower respiratory tract infections (RTI), but its effect on malaria is inconsistent. When zinc is administered with other micronutrients or foods, its effect is also uncertain. We a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2015-09-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/9/e007828.full |
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