Zinc and childhood infectious disease morbidity and mortality
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Zinc and childhood infectious disease morbidity and mortality.
Zinc is an essential mineral and deficiency results in abnormal immune function and higher rates of infectious diseases. Randomized controlled trials of zinc supplementation have been conducted in children in developing countries to determine effects on infectious disease morbidity and mortality. Zinc-supplemented children have been found to have lower rates of diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria i...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1079/bjn2000304