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Zinc and copper supplementation in acute diarrhea in children: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Diarrhea causes an estimated 2.5 million child deaths in developing countries each year, 35% of which are due to acute diarrhea. Zinc and copper stores in the body are known to be depleted during acute diarrhea. Our objectives were to evaluate the efficacy of zinc and copper supplementat...

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Autores principales: Patel, Archana, Dibley, Michael J, Mamtani, Manju, Badhoniya, Neetu, Kulkarni, Hemant
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19416499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-7-22