Cochrane column

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-392

  Young, Taryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84859639746     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys013     Document Type: Note

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