Effect of oral zinc supplementation on agents of oropharyngeal infection in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-266

  Ertekin, M V ^a   Uslu, H ^a   Karslioglu, I ^a   Ozbek, E ^a   Ozbek, A ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Oropharyngeal infection agents; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COAGULASE; PLACEBO; ZINC SULFATE; ZINCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0042426155     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000303100402     Document Type: Article

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