Micronutrients as adjunct therapy of acute illness in children: Impact on the episode outcome and policy implications of current findings

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages

  Mahalanabis, Dilip ^a   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhea; Folate; Micronutrients; Pneumonia; Treatment; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO; RETINOL; ZINC;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKULL MALFORMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0034949463     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn2000308     Document Type: Review

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