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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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