| the nutrient content and effectiveness of rice flour and maize flour based oral rehydration solutions. | the effectiveness of rice flour and maize flour based oral rehydration solution (ors) in treating mild and moderate dehydration was studied among 88 children aged to 6 to 42 months at the oni memorial children hospital, ibadan. in this randomized clinical trial, fifty children were treated with rice-based ors while fifty-three received the maize-based ors, over a four hour period. there was clinical improvement in the signs of dehydration with a significant increase in body weights and a signifi ... | 2000 | 11379447 |