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; Mark Loeb

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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

Michelle Science

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.

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For correspondence: michelle.science@sickkids.ca

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Appendix 1: Search strategy for trials (run as of September 30, 2011)
Appendix 2: Details of contacting authors
Appendix 3: Subgroup credibility
Appendix 4: Risk of bias graph: review authors' judgments about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies
Appendix 5: Grade evidence profile
Appendix 6: Summary of results from subgroup analyses
Appendix 7: Additional analyses

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Michelle Science, Jennie Johnstone, Daniel E. Roth, Gordon Guyatt, Mark Loeb

CMAJ Jul 2012, 184 (10) E551-E561; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111990

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Michelle Science, Jennie Johnstone, Daniel E. Roth, Gordon Guyatt, Mark Loeb

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