Zinc as an adjunct for childhood pneumonia - Interpreting early results

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 398-405

  Natchu, Uma Chandra Mouli ^a   Fataki, Maulidi R ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infection; Infant mortality; Pneumonia; Supplementation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; ZINC; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC SULFATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 47349117443     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00049.x     Document Type: Review

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