Zinc and childhood infections: From the laboratory to new treatment recommendations

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-157

  Strand, Tor A ^a   Mathisen, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; NUTRIENT; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 32044441019     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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