Frequency and determinants of vitamin A deficiency in children under 5 years of age with pneumonia

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 180-185

  Reyes, Hortensia ^a   Villalpando, Salvador ^a   Pérez Cuevas, Ricardo ^a   Rodríguez, Leticia ^a   Pérez Cuevas, Miriam ^a   Montalvo, Irene ^a   Guiscafré, Héctor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children; Pneumonia; Relative dose response test; Risk factors; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; MALE; MEXICO; PNEUMONIA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036122029     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(01)00361-7     Document Type: Article

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