Dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in breastfed Lao infants.

A case-control study was conducted to investigate the dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in infants attending three public hospitals in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Forty-three breast-feeding infants with a median (range) age of 3 (1-9) months were admitted with beriberi. This was de...

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Hauptverfasser: Soukaloun, D, Kounnavong, S, Pengdy, B, Boupha, B, Durondej, S, Olness, K, Newton, P, White, N
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2003