Zinc for severe pneumonia in very young children: Double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9422, 2004, Pages 1683-1688

  Brooks, W Abdullah ^a,b   Yunus, M ^a   Santosham, Mathuram ^b   Wahed, M A ^a   Nahar, Kamrun ^a   Yeasmin, Sultana ^a   Black, Robert E ^b  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

EID: 2442656293     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16252-1     Document Type: Article

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