The frequency of nutritional rickets among hospitalized infants and its relation to respiratory diseases

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 364-368

  Najada, Abdelhamid S ^a,b   Habashneh, Moen S ^a   Khader, Maher ^a  

^a Queen Alia Hospital   (Jordan)

^b KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE BOWING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INCOME; INFANT; JORDAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RICKETS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; JORDAN; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RICKETS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 10944224283     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.6.364     Document Type: Article

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