Increased height gain of children fed a high-protein diet during convalescence from shigellosis: A six-month follow-up study

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1688-1691

  Kabir, Iqbal ^a   Rahman, Mohammad M ^a   Haider, Rukhsana ^a   Mazumder, Ramendra N ^a   Khaled, Mohammed A ^a   Mahalanabis, Dilip ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; High protein diet; Malnutrition; Shigellosis; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CONVALESCENCE; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DIET; SHIGELLOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031658064     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1688     Document Type: Article

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