Randomized trial of probiotics and calcium on diarrhea and respiratory tract infections in Indonesian children

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Agustina, Rina ^a,b   Kok, Frans J ^b   Van De Rest, Ondine ^b   Fahmida, Umi ^a   Firmansyah, Agus ^a   Lukito, Widjaja ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Ellen G H M ^c   Albers, Ruud ^d   Bovee Oudenhoven, Ingeborg M J ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FRIESLANDCAMPINA   (Netherlands)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^f NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Calcium; Children; Developing country; Indonesia; Lactobacillus casei CRL431; Lactobacillus reuteri DSM17938; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LACTOSE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDONESIAN; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84860575735     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1379     Document Type: Article

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