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- Title
Effect of weekly zinc supplements on incidence of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children younger than 2 years in an urban, low-income population in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
Brooks, W Abdullah; Santosham, Mathuram; Naheed, Aliya; Goswami, Doli; Wahed, M Abdul; Diener-West, Marie; Faruque, Abu S G; Black, Robert E
- Abstract
Pneumonia and diarrhoea cause much morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years. Most deaths occur during infancy and in developing countries. Daily regimens of zinc have been reported to prevent acute lower respiratory tract infection and diarrhoea, and to reduce child mortality. We aimed to examine whether giving zinc weekly could prevent clinical pneumonia and diarrhoea in children younger than 2 years.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2005, Vol 366, Issue 9490, p999
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67109-7