The curious case of zinc for diarrhea: Unavailable, unprescribed, and unused

Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 225-229

  Gitanjali, B ^a   Weerasuriya, K ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

DIARRHEA; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG QUALITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NOTE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 84865524521     PISSN: 0976500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.85933     Document Type: Note

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