Zinc status in well nourished Bangladeshi children suffering from Acute Lower Respiratory Infection

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 478-481

  Shakur, Md Salim ^a   Malek, M A ^b   Bano, Nasreen ^a   Islam, Khaleda ^b  

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infection; Bangladeshi; Children; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; ZINC;

EID: 2542469550     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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