Zinc supplementation for tinnitus

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Person, Osmar C ^a   Puga, Maria Es ^b   da Silva, Edina Mk ^a   Torloni, Maria R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian Cochrane Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PLACEBO; ZINC;

CONSTIPATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOUDNESS; METALLIC TASTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TINNITUS; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC;

EID: 85000716704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009832.pub2     Document Type: Review

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