A controlled trial on utility of oral zinc supplementation in acute dehydrating diarrhea in infants

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 877-881

  Sachdcv, H P S ^a   Mittal, N K ^a   Mittal, S K ^a   Yadav, H S ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute dehydrating diarrhea; Zinc; Zinc deficiency; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEHYDRATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMAN; INFANT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SULFATES; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 0024120471     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-198811000-00015     Document Type: Article

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