Randomized controlled trial of probiotics to reduce common cold in schoolchildren

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 682-687

  Rerksuppaphol, Sanguansak ^a   Rerksuppaphol, Lakkana ^a  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

bifidobacterium; common cold; lactobacillus; probiotics; school age population

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEVER; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; COMMON COLD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; POPULATION; PROBIOTICS; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867026187     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03647.x     Document Type: Article

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