Impact of massive dose of vitamin A given to preschool children with acute diarrhoea on subsequent respiratory and diarrhoeal morbidity

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6966, 1994, Pages 1404-

  Bhandari, Nita ^a   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a   Sazawal, Sunil ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; SUPPLEMENTATION; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INDIA; INFECTIONS; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; SOUTHERN ASIA; VITAMIN A--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; VITAMINS; YOUTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0028088563     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6966.1404     Document Type: Article

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