Effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute respiratory tract infection in children - A double blind placebo controlled trial in a Calcutta slum community

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 57-61

  Biswas, R ^a   Biswas, A B ^a   Manna, B ^b   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Dey, R ^a   Sarkar, S ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection (ARI); Diarrhoea; Malnutrition; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; POVERTY AREAS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0027968413     PISSN: 03922990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01717453     Document Type: Article

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