Zinc supplementation in young children with acute diarrhea in India.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 28, 1995

Authors

S Sazawal1, R E Black, M K Bhan, N Bhandari, A Sinha, S Jalla

Author Affiliations

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

Associated clinical trials:

CHIZAP: Community- and Health Facility-Based Intervention With Zinc as Adjuvant Therapy for Childhood Pneumonia | NCT00148733

Zinc Resistant Starch Project | NCT01811836

Zinc-ORS in Severe and Complicated Acute Diarrhea | NCT00370968

Administration of a Lactobacillus GG and Vitamins Containing Mixture is Effective in Preventing Nosocomial Infection in Children | NCT02558192

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