The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 689-697, December 1999

Prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia by zinc supplementation in children in developing countries: Pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials☆☆☆★★★

Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan; Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; University of California, Davis, California; University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica; Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia; Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Vietnam; Nutrition Research Institute, Lima, Peru; National Institute of Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico; International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala; and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Received 17 February 1999; received in revised form 11 June 1999; accepted 20 July 1999.

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☆ *Members of the group are listed in alphabetical order.

☆☆ Supported by the Johns Hopkins Family Health and Child Survival Cooperative Agreement with the US Agency for International Development and the World Health Organization, Division of Child Health and Development. R. Black drafted the manuscript while in residence at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center.

★ Reprint requests: Robert Black, MD, MPH, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205.

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The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 689-697, December 1999

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