Zinc supplementation as an adjunct to antibiotics in the treatment of pneumonia in children 2 to 59 months of age

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Haider, Batool A ^a   Humayun, Quratulain ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; ZINC;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 55049114857     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007368     Document Type: Review

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