Effectiveness of zinc supplementation plus oral rehydration salts compared with oral rehydration salts alone as a treatment for acute diarrhea in a primary care setting: A cluster randomized trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bhandari, Nita ^a   Mazumder, Sarmila ^a   Taneja, Sunita ^a   Dube, Brinda ^a   Agarwal, R C ^b   Mahalanabis, Dilip ^a   Fontaine, Olivier ^c   Black, Robert E ^d   Bhan, Maharaj K ^e  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^b Badshah Khan Hospital   (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^e Government of India   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster randomization; Diarrhea; Hospitalization; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ZINC;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; HEALTH; INDIA; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; ZINC;

EID: 44449110218     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1939     Document Type: Article

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