Malnutrition and infections in children - A vicious circle with global dimensions;Underernæring og infeksjoner hos barn - Et destruktivt samspill med globale dimensjoner

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1740-1745

  Bøhler, Erik ^a   Wathne, Karl Olaf ^a  

^a Barnemedisinsk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; ZINC;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH; ZINC;

EID: 0034631161     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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