Vitamin D supplementation for preventing infections in children under five years of age

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Yakoob, Mohammad Y ^a   Salam, Rehana A ^b   Khan, Farhan R ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; EMBASE; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALARIA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; INFANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84999006637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008824.pub2     Document Type: Review

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