Co-existence of micronutrient deficiencies in hospitalized children with severe malnutrition treated according to the WHO protocol

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 230-232

  de Fátima Costa Caminha, Maria ^a   da Figueira, Manoela Almeida Santos ^a   Falbo, Ana Rodrigues ^a   de Araújo de Amorim, Roberta Corrêa ^b   Gallindo, Thomaz Caminha ^c   Filho, Malaquias Batista ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 80053458114     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.100140     Document Type: Article

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