Vitamin A status, other risk factors and acute respiratory infection morbidity in children

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-70

  Dudley, L ^a   Hussey, G ^a   Huskissen, J ^a   Kessow, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031053874     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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