Severe pneumonia research and the problem of case definition: The example of zinc trials [5]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 242-243

  Howie, Stephen ^a   Zaman, Syed M A ^a   Omoruyi, Osaretin ^a   Adegbola, Richard ^a   Prentice, Andrew ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33846070713     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.1.242     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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