Current issues and priorities in childhood nutrition, growth, and infections

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1116S-1122S

  Salam, Rehana A ^a   Das, Jai K ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood diarrhea; Infections; Pneumonia; Under 5 mortality; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLERA VACCINE; IRON; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RETINOL; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; SHIGELLA VACCINE; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INFECTION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHOLERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON THERAPY; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SHIGELLOSIS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; VACCINATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DIET; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE;

EID: 84929486070     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.194720     Document Type: Article

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