Nutritional predictors of acute respiratory infections among children born to hiv-infected women in Tanzania

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-208

  Mwiru Dr , Ramadhani ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Hertzmark, Ellen ^a   Duggan, Christopher ^a,b   Msamanga, Gernard ^c   Aboud, Said ^c   Fawzi, Wafaie ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Infections; Nutrition; Pediatrics; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STUNTING; TANZANIA; UNDERWEIGHT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

INFECTIONS; NUTRITION; PEDIATRICS; RESPIRATORY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; THINNESS;

EID: 84878653888     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt004     Document Type: Article

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