Zinc supplementation in young children with acute diarrhea in india

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 13, 1995, Pages 839-844

  Sazawal, Sunil ^a,b   Black, Robert E ^a   Bhan, Maharaj K ^b   Bhandari, Nita ^b   Sinha, Anju ^b   Jalla, Sanju ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND STUDIES; INDIA; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; METALS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; TREATMENT; YOUTH; ZINC--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; ZINC--THERAPEUTIC USE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC;

EID: 0029101890     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199509283331304     Document Type: Article

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