Effect of periodic vitamin A supplementation on mortality and morbidity of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children in Uganda: A controlled clinical trial

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Semba, Richard D ^a   Ndugwa, Christopher ^d   Perry, Robert T ^a   Clark, Tamara D ^a   Jackson, J Brooks ^b   Melikian, George ^a   Tielsch, James ^c   Mmiro, Francis ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Depts Paediatr Child Hlth M   (Uganda)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Children; Human immunodeficiency virus; Morbidity; Mortality; Retinol; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; UGANDA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; UGANDA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 12344298347     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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