High dose vitamin A supplementation in the course of pneumonia in Vietnamese children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1052-1055

  Si, N V ^a,c   Grytter, C ^b   Vy, N ^a   Hue, N B ^b   Pedersen, F K ^a  

^a Paediatric Hospital 1   (Viet Nam)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child nutrition disorders; Developing countries; Pneumonia; Vietnam; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIET NAM;

EID: 0030744888     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb14805.x     Document Type: Article

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