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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Main Authors: Marzia Lazzerini, Luca Ronfani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802011000200013&lng=en&tlng=en