Effect of zinc supplementation on mortality in children aged 1-48 months: a community-based randomised placebo-controlled trial.

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Published in Lancet on March 17, 2007

Authors

Sunil Sazawal1, Robert E Black, Mahdi Ramsan, Hababu M Chwaya, Arup Dutta, Usha Dhingra, Rebecca J Stoltzfus, Mashavi K Othman, Fatma M Kabole

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

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