Efficacy of regular gargling with a cetylpyridinium chloride plus zinc containing mouthwash can reduce upper respiratory symptoms
Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz, Maísa Casarin, Natália Marcumini Pola, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing, Taciane Menezes Da Silveira, Francisco Hecktheuer Silva, Guilherme Azario De Holanda, Larissa Viana De Oliveira, Pedro Paulo De Almeida Dantas, Bernal Stewart, Zilson Malheiros, Carlos Benítez, Lyndsay Schaeffer
PLOS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0316807
Gargling with cetylpyridinium chloride plus zinc containing mouthwash
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