Zinc supplementation and stunted infants in Ethiopia: a randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Publication Date
- Jun 10, 2000
- Volume
- 355
- Issue
- 9220
- Pages
- 2021–2026
- Identifiers
- PMID: 10885352
- Source
- Medline
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Combating zinc deficiency can increase the growth rate of stunted children to that of non-stunted infants in rural Ethiopia. This would appear to be due, at least in part, to reduction in morbidity from infection and increased appetite.