Acute respiratory infections prevent improvement of vitamin A status in young infants supplemented with vitamin A

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 628-633

  Mojibur Rahman, M ^a   Mahalanabis, D ^a   Alvarez, J O ^b   Wahed, M A ^a   Islam, M A ^a   Habte, D ^a   Khaled, M A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

acute respiratory infection; diarrhea; fever; humans; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 9044239671     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.3.628     Document Type: Article

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