Zinc treatment to under-five children: Applications to improve child survival and reduce burden of disease

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-365

  Larson, Charles P ^a,b   Roy, S K ^a   Khan, Azharul Islam ^a   Rahman, Ahmed Shafiqur ^a   Qadri, Firdausi ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute; Bangladesh; Child survival; Diarrhoea; Infantile; Interventions; Morbidity; Zinc; Zinc deficiency; Zinc therapy

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC;

EID: 54549099334     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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