Oral zinc for treating diarrhoea in children
BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea causes around two million child deaths annually. Zinc supplementation could help reduce the duration and severity of diarrhoea, and is recommended by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate oral zinc supplementation for treating children with acute or p...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802011000200013&lng=en&tlng=en |