Efficacy of zinc given as an adjunct in the treatment of severe and very severe pneumonia in hospitalized children 2-24 mo of age: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1387-1394

  Wadhwa, Nitya ^a,b   Chandran, Aruna ^c   Aneja, Satinder ^d   Lodha, Rakesh ^a   Kabra, Sushil K ^a   Chaturvedi, Mona K ^a   Sodhi, Jitender ^a   Fitzwater, Sean P ^c   Chandra, Jagdish ^d   Rath, Bimbadhar ^d   Kainth, Udaypal S ^e   Saini, Savita ^a   Black, Robert E ^c   Santosham, Mathuram ^c   Bhatnagar, Shinjini ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Translational Health Science and Technology Institute   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^e Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNDERWEIGHT; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC;

EID: 84878386614     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.052951     Document Type: Article

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