Therapeutic effects of oral zinc in acute and persistent diarrhea in children in developing countries: Pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1516-1522

  Bhutta, Z A ^a   Bird, S M ^a   Black, R E ^a   Brown, K H ^a   Gardner, J M ^a   Hidayat, A ^a   Khatun, F ^a   Martorell, R ^a   Ninh, N X ^a   Penny, M E ^a   Rosado, J L ^a   Roy, S K ^a   Ruel, M ^a   Sazawal, S ^a   Shankar, A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developing countries; Diarrhea; Diarrheal disease; Infants; Malnutrition; Meta analysis; Nutrition; Randomized controlled trial; Zinc; Zinc deficiency; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033652984     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/72.6.1516     Document Type: Article

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