Vitamin A deficiency in children with acute diarrhoea: A community-based study in Bangladesh

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-122

  Ahmed, Farid Uddin ^a   Rahman, M Ekhlasur ^a   Mahmood, Chowdhury B ^a  

^a CHITTAGONG MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea, Acute; Diarrhoea, Infantile; Infant nutrition; Nightblindness; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency; Xerophthalmia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DYSENTERY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033662974     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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