What zinc supplementation does and does not achieve in diarrhea prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Patel, Archana B ^a,b   Mamtani, Manju ^a,c   Badhoniya, Neetu ^a   Kulkarni, Hemant ^a,c  

^a Lata Medical Research Foundation   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE ZINC; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC METHIONATE; ZINC SULFATE; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DYSENTERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 79955870960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-122     Document Type: Article

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