Oral zinc supplementation for the treatment of acute diarrhea in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4715-4740

  Lamberti, Laura M ^a   Walker, Christa L Fischer ^a   Chan, Kit Y ^b,c   Jian, Wei Yan ^b   Black, Robert E ^a  

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

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; China; Global health; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GLUCONATE ZINC; INORGANIC SALT; LICORZINC; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC SULFATE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; COMMUNITY TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHINA; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84888169899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5114715     Document Type: Review

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