Green banana-supplemented diet in the home management of acute and prolonged diarrhoea in children: A community-based trial in rural Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1132-1139

  Rabbani, G H ^a   Larson, C P ^b   Islam, R ^c   Saha, U R ^c   Kabir, A ^c  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

antidiarrhoeal; diet therapy; home management; primary care; resistant starch

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DIET; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FRUIT; PROBABILITY; RURAL POPULATION; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BANANA; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ACUTE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MUSA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BANGLADESH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIDIARRHEALS; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956638098     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02608.x     Document Type: Article

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