Village-Randomized Clinical Trial of Home Distribution of Zinc for Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea in Rural Western Kenya

BACKGROUND: Zinc treatment shortens diarrhea episodes and can prevent future episodes. In rural Africa, most children with diarrhea are not brought to health facilities. In a village-randomized trial in rural Kenya, we assessed if zinc treatment might have a community-level preventive effect on diar...

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Autores principales: Feikin, Daniel R., Bigogo, Godfrey, Audi, Allan, Pals, Sherri L., Aol, George, Mbakaya, Charles, Williamson, John, Breiman, Robert F., Larson, Charles P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4023937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24835009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094436

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4023937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24835009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094436

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