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Efficacy of zinc as adjunctive pneumonia treatment in children aged 2 to 60 months in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Despite advances in vaccination and case management, pneumonia remains the single largest contributor to early child mortality worldwide. Zinc has immune-enhancing properties, but its role in adjunctive treatment of pneumonia in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is controver...

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Autores principales: Brown, Nick, Kukka, Antti Juhani, Mårtensson, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7359381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32685705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000662