Shortcomings in the Cochrane review on zinc for the common cold (2024)

Harri Hemilä; Elizabeth Chalker

doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1470004

Shortcomings in the Cochrane review on zinc for the common cold (2024)

Front Med (Lausanne). 2024 Oct 16:11:1470004. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1470004. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Harri Hemilä¹, Elizabeth Chalker²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
² National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: adverse effects; common cold; meta-analysis; pharmacology; randomized controlled trials; respiratory tract infections; zinc acetate; zinc lozenges.