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. 1989 Nov;30(11):1610–1621. doi: 10.1136/gut.30.11.1610

Sodium content of oral rehydration solutions: a reappraisal.

E J Elliott 1, R Cunha-Ferreira 1, J A Walker-Smith 1, M J Farthing 1
PMCID: PMC1434319  PMID: 2689301

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