A case-control study of nutritional factors associated with chronic suppurative otitis media in Yemeni children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 895-902

  Elemraid, M A ^a   Mackenzie, I J ^a   Fraser, W D ^b   Harper, G ^a   Faragher, B ^a   Atef, Z ^c   Al Aghbari, N ^c   Brabin, B J ^a,d,e  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Al Thawra General Hospital   (Yemen)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; chronic suppurative otitis media; iron; micronutrients; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; COPPER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PHOSPHATE; SELENIUM; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC;

25 HYDROXYCOLECALCIFEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YEMENI; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YEMEN; ZINC;

EID: 80051473336     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.58     Document Type: Article

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