Effect of weekly zinc supplements on incidence of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children younger than 2 years in an urban, low-income population in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial

General Info

Geography

Bangladesh (BGD)

Time period covered

January, 1999 - December, 2000

Data type

Scientific literature

Keywords

Zinc, Lower respiratory infections

Citation

Authors

Brooks WA, Santosham M, Naheed A, Goswami D, Wahed MA, Diener-West M, Faruque ASG, Black RE

Journal

Lancet

Pages

999-1004

Publication year

2005

Suggested citation

Brooks WA, Santosham M, Naheed A, Goswami D, Wahed MA, Diener-West M, Faruque ASG, Black RE. Effect of weekly zinc supplements on incidence of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children younger than 2 years in an urban, low-income population in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005; 366(9490): 999-1004.