Malnutrition, cell-mediated immune deficiency and acute upper respiratory infections in rural Bangladeshi children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 923-927

  Zaman, K ^a   Baqui, A H ^a,b   Yunus, Md ^a   Sack, R B ^b   Chowdhury, H R ^a   Black, R E ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute upper respiratory infections; Bangladesh; Cell mediated immunity; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLONAL ANERGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SKIN TEST; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030855914     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb15171.x     Document Type: Article

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