Xerophthalmia among hospitalized Iraqi children

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 496-502

  Al Kubaisy, W ^a   Al Rubaiy, M G ^b   Nassief, H A ^b  

^a Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

^b MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ; MALE; MEASLES; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 10644251728     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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