Case-control study of the role of nutritional rickets in the risk of developing pneumonia in Ethiopian children

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9068, 1997, Pages 1801-1804

  Muhe, Lulu ^a   Lulseged, Sileshi ^a   Mason, Karen E ^b   Simoes, Eric A F ^c,d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030922004     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)12098-5     Document Type: Article

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