Zinc supplementation in severe acute lower respiratory tract infection in children: A triple-blind randomized placebo controlled trial

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Bansal, Anuradha ^a   Parmar, Veena R ^a   Basu, Srikant ^a   Kaur, Jasbinder ^a   Jain, Suksham ^a   Saha, Abhijeet ^a   Chawla, Deepak ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Child; Pneumonia; Respiratory tract infection; Zinc

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SYRUP ZN 20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBIENT AIR; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIPLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ZINC;

EID: 78751612010     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0244-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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