Antecedent risk factors of xerophthalmia among Indian rural preschool children

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-108

  Pal, Ranabir ^a   Sagar, Vidya ^b  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b PATNA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Measles; Passing worms in stool; Preschool children; Repeated diarrhea; Respiratory tract infection; Socioeconomic status; Xerophthalmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; XEROPHTHALMIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 40449138365     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181379fd7     Document Type: Article

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