Preventive zinc supplementation in developing countries: impact on mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria

BACKGROUND: Zinc deficiency is commonly prevalent in children in developing countries and plays a role in decreased immunity and increased risk of infection. Preventive zinc supplementation in healthy children can reduce mortality due to common causes like diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria. The main o...

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Autores principales: Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar, Theodoratou, Evropi, Jabeen, Afshan, Imdad, Aamer, Eisele, Thomas P, Ferguson, Joy, Jhass, Arnoupe, Rudan, Igor, Campbell, Harry, Black, Robert E, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3231897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3231897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S23

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