Lactose avoidance for young children with acute diarrhoea

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Macgillivray, Stephen ^a   Fahey, Tom ^b   Mcguire, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MILK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHYDRATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOSE; MILK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84899469522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005433.pub2     Document Type: Review

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