Scaling up oral rehydration salts and zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7844, 2012, Pages 7-

  Sabot, Oliver ^a   Schroder, Kate ^a   Yamey, Gavin ^b   Montagu, Dominic ^b  

^a CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; ZINC;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DRUG MARKETING; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNITED NATIONS; ZINC;

EID: 84857203654     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e940     Document Type: Editorial

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