Nutritional factors associated with rheumatic fever

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 142-147

  Zaman, Mohammad Mostafa ^a   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^b   Chowdhury, Anisul Haque ^a   Nakayama, Takeo ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^a   Faruque, Ghulam Mohammed ^c   Rouf, Mian Abdur ^d   Haque, Sirajul ^d   Tanaka, Heizo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Bangladesh)

^d National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOYBEAN OIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BODY HEIGHT; BREAD; CHICKEN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHARYNGITIS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031811090     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.3.142     Document Type: Article

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