Interactions of diarrhea, pneumonia, and malnutrition in childhood: Recent evidence from developing countries

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 496-502

  Schlaudecker, Elizabeth P ^a   Steinhoff, Mark C ^a   Moore, Sean R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

diarrhea; malnutrition; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RETINOL; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052457992     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328349287d     Document Type: Review

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