Environmental enteric dysfunction: An overview

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages S76-S87

  Crane, Rosie J ^a,b   Jones, Kelsey D J ^a,c   Berkley, James A ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental enteric dysfunction; Environmental enteropathy; Malnutrition; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADULT; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALNUTRITION; PATHOGENICITY; SANITATION; TOXIN; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; VACCINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLIND LOOP SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLIND LOOP SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; POVERTY; SANITATION;

EID: 84930365487     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265150361S113     Document Type: Article

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