Effect of simultaneous supplementation of vitamin A and iron on diarrheal and respiratory tract infection in preschool children in Chengdu City, China

Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1197-1203

  Chen, Ke ^a   Chen, Xin ran ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a   Luo, Hong yi ^a   Gao, Ning ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Fu, Gui ying ^a   Mao, Meng ^b  

^a CHENGDU WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Infectious morbidity; Iron; Preschool children; Supplementation; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINORRHEA; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING;

INFECTIOUS MORBIDITY; IRON; PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN A;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COUGH; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84884176874     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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