Efficacy and safety of zinc supplementation for adults, children and pregnant women with HIV infection: Systematic review

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1474-1482

  Zeng, Linan ^a,b   Zhang, Lingli ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Systematic review; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG PRESCRIBING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; PREGNANCY; VIRULENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 81255162587     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02871.x     Document Type: Review

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