A Combined Intervention of Zinc, Multiple Micronutrients, and Albendazole Does Not Ameliorate Environmental Enteric Dysfunction or Stunting in Rural Malawian Children in a Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Alfred Wang,
Robert J. Shulman,
Audrey H Crocker,
Chrissie Thakwalakwa,
Kenneth Maleta,
Sridevi Devaraj,
Mark Manary,
Indi Trehan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.3945/jn.116.237735
Subject(s) - medicine , micronutrient , placebo , lactulose , randomized controlled trial , anthropometry , pediatrics , gastroenterology , pathology , alternative medicine
Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) and linear growth stunting affect many rural agrarian children in the developing world and contribute to the persistently high rates of stunting that are observed worldwide. Effective interventions to consistently ameliorate EED are lacking.
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