Clinical trial of vitamin A as adjuvant treatment for lower respiratory tract infections

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 807-812

  Kjolhede, Chris L ^a   Chew, Francisco J ^a   Gadomski, Anne M ^a   Marroquin, Diana P ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND STUDIES; GUATEMALA; INFANT; INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; STUDIES; TREATMENT; VITAMIN A--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; VITAMINS; YOUTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION; STEROIDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0029072528     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(95)70416-7     Document Type: Article

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