Undernutrition in relation to childhood infections: A prospective study in the Sudan

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 463-472

  Kossmann, J ^a   Nestel, P ^a   Herrera, M G ^a,b   El Amin, A ^c   Fawzi, W W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Diarrhoea; Nutritional status; Respiratory infections; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; SUDAN;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUDAN;

EID: 0034082970     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600998     Document Type: Article

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