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Review
. 2005 Feb 12;330(7487):347-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.347.

Zinc deficiency: what are the most appropriate interventions?

Roger Shrimpton  1 , Rainer Gross, Ian Darnton-Hill, Mark Young
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Review

Zinc deficiency: what are the most appropriate interventions?

Roger Shrimpton et al. BMJ. .
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Adding zinc to treatment for diarrhoeal disease is the first step to tackle deficiency Credit: CAROLINE PENN/PANOS
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