Role of zinc in severe pneumonia: A randomized double bind placebo controlled study

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shah, Gauri S ^a   Dutta, Ashok K ^b   Shah, Dheeraj ^c   Mishra, Om P ^d  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Pneumonia; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; PLACEBOS; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC;

EID: 84864426362     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-38-36     Document Type: Article

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