Impact of vitamin A on selected gastrointestinal pathogen infections and associated diarrheal episodes among children in Mexico City, Mexico

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1217-1225

  Long, Kurt Z ^a   Santos, Jose Ignacio ^c   Rosado, Jorge L ^e   Lopez Saucedo, Catalina ^d   Thompson Bonilla, Rocio ^d   Abonce, Maricela ^d   DuPont, Herbert L ^b   Hertzmark, Ellen ^a   Estrada Garcia, Teresa ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 33750379301     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508292     Document Type: Article

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