Effect of zinc supplementation on malaria and other causes of morbidity in west African children: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial

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Authors

Olaf Müller · Heidelberg University

Heiko Becher · Heidelberg University

Anneke Baltussen van Zweeden · Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna

Yazoume Ye · Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna

Diadier A Diallo · Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme

Amadou T Konate · Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme

Adjima Gbangou · Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna

Abstract

Zinc supplementation has no effect on morbidity from falciparum malaria in children in rural west Africa, but it does reduce morbidity associated with diarrhoea.

Topics & Keywords

Trace Elements in Health Child Nutrition and Water Access Iron Metabolism and Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ

Volume 322, Issue 7302, pp. 1567-1567

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1567

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