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Zinc for the treatment of the common cold: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Michelle Science, Jennie Johnstone, Daniel E. Roth, Gordon Guyatt and Mark Loeb
CMAJ July 10, 2012 184 (10) E551-E561; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111990
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vol. 184 no. 10 E551-E561
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111990
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  • Published online July 9, 2012.

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  1. Michelle Science, MD⇓,
  2. Jennie Johnstone, MD,
  3. Daniel E. Roth, MD PhD,
  4. Gordon Guyatt, MD MSc,
  5. Mark Loeb, MD MSc
  1. From the Division of Infectious Diseases (Science) and the Department of Paediatrics (Roth), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Science, Johnstone, Guyatt, Loeb), and the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Institute for Infectious Disease Research (Johnstone, Loeb), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Michelle Science, michelle.science{at}sickkids.ca
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