Serum zinc levels in hospitalized children with pneumonia: a hospital-based case–control study
Abstract Background Zinc is an important micronutrient in humans. Globally, pneumonia represents 18% of mortality in children under 5 years of age and the main infectious purpose of early life mortality. There is a higher pneumonia risk in a population with zinc deficiency. The aim of our study is t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-01-01
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| Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4103/ejb.ejb_30_19 |