Lower-Dose Zinc for Childhood Diarrhea — A Randomized, Multicenter Trial

Usha Dhingra; Rodrick Kisenge; Christopher R. Sudfeld; Pratibha Dhingra; Sarah Somji; Arup Dutta; Mohamed Bakari; Saikat Deb; Prabhabati Devi; Enju Liu; Aishwarya Chauhan; Jitendra Kumar; Om P. Semwal; Said Aboud; Rajiv Bahl; Per Ashorn; Jonathon Simon; Christopher P. Duggan; Sunil Sazawal; Karim Manji

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Lower-Dose Zinc for Childhood Diarrhea — A Randomized, Multicenter Trial

Dhingra U
Kisenge R
Sudfeld C
et al.

New England Journal of Medicine (2020) 383(13) 1231-1241

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1915905

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Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends 20 mg of zinc per day for 10 to 14 days for children with acute diarrhea; in previous trials, this dosage decreased diarrhea but increas...

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Dhingra, U., Kisenge, R., Sudfeld, C. R., Dhingra, P., Somji, S., Dutta, A., … Manji, K. (2020). Lower-Dose Zinc for Childhood Diarrhea — A Randomized, Multicenter Trial. New England Journal of Medicine, 383(13), 1231–1241. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1915905

Lower-Dose Zinc for Childhood Diarrhea — A Randomized, Multicenter Trial

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