A randomized trial of multivitamin supplementation in children with tuberculosis in Tanzania

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mehta, Saurabh ^a   Mugusi, Ferdinand M ^b   Bosch, Ronald J ^c   Aboud, Said ^b   Chatterjee, Anirban ^d   Finkelstein, Julia L ^a   Fataki, Maulidi ^b   Kisenge, Rodrick ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; ISONIAZID; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIBOFLAVIN; RIFAMPICIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN;

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 82955188088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-120     Document Type: Article

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