The comparative impact of iron, the B-complex vitamins, vitamins C and E, and selenium on diarrheal pathogen outcomes relative to the impact produced by vitamin A and zinc

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 218-232

  Long, Kurt Z ^a   Rosado, Jorge L ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

B complex vitamins; Diarrhea pathogens; Iron; Selenium; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEXTRAN; IRON; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA GALLINARUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COMBINATION; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS; ZINC;

EID: 34347246713     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2007.may.218-232     Document Type: Review

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