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Zinc in Well Water and Infant Mortality in Bangladesh: A Report from Gonoshasthaya Kendra

Zinc supplementation reduces the duration, severity and recurrence of diarrhoea in young children. This study examines whether zinc, found naturally in drinking water, reduced infant deaths from diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh. Information was compiled for births over two calendar years with follow-up...

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Autores principales: Cherry, Nicola, McDonald, Corbett, Chowdhury, Zafrullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22470285
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9010171