Search Results - "Rahmathullah, L"

Exposure to indoor biomass fuel and tobacco smoke and risk of adverse reproductive outcomes, mortality, respiratory morbidity and growth among newborn infants in south India by Tielsch, James M, Katz, Joanne, Thulasiraj, Ravilla D, Coles, Christian L, Sheeladevi, S, Yanik, Elizabeth L, Rahmathullah, Lakshmi

“…Background Exposure to indoor air pollution due to open burning of biomass fuel is common in low- and middle-income countries. Previous studies linked this…”
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Breast-feeding initiation time and neonatal mortality risk among newborns in South India by Garcia, C R, Mullany, L C, Rahmathullah, L, Katz, J, Thulasiraj, R D, Sheeladevi, S, Coles, C, Tielsch, J M

“…Objective: To examine the association between breast-feeding initiation time and neonatal mortality in India, where breast-feeding initiation varies widely…”
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Impact of supplementing newborn infants with vitamin A on early infant mortality: community based randomised trial in southern India by Rahmathullah, Lakshmi, Tielsch, James M, Thulasiraj, R D, Katz, Joanne, Coles, Christian, Devi, Sheela, John, Rajeesh, Prakash, Karthik, Sadanand, A V, Edwin, N, Kamaraj, C

“…Abstract Objective To assess the impact of supplementing newborn infants with vitamin A on mortality at age 6 months. Design Community based, randomised,…”
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Reduced mortality among children in southern India receiving a small weekly dose of vitamin A by Rahmathullah, L. (Aravind Children's Hospital and Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India), Underwood, B.A, Thulasiraj, R.D, Milton, R.C, Ramaswamy, K, Rahmathullah, R, Babu, G

“…Background. Clinical vitamin A deficiency affects millions of children worldwide, and subclinical deficiency is even more common. Supplemental vitamin A has…”
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of resistant pneumococci in young South Indian infants by COLES, C. L., RAHMATHULLAH, L., KANUNGO, R., THULASIRAJ, R. D., KATZ, J., SANTOSHAM, M., TIELSCH, J. M.

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading bacterial cause of life-threatening infections in infants. Although antibiotic resistance affects management of…”
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Potential interventions for the prevention of childhood pneumonia in developing countries : a meta-analysis of data from field trials to assess the impact of vitamin A supplementation on pneumonia morbidity and mortality

“…Reported are the results of a meta-analysis (12 large-scale field trials in seven countries) of the impact of vitamin A supplementation on pneumonia morbidity…”
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Pupillary threshold as an index of population vitamin A status among children in India by Sanchez, AM, Congdon, NG, Sommer, A, Rahmathullah, L, Venkataswamy, PG, Chandravathi, PS, Clement, L

“…Two hundred seven vitamin A-deficient southern Indian children aged 1–7 y (mean age: 56.9 mo) underwent testing of dark-adapted visual and pupillary thresholds…”
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Aetiology of severe vitamin A deficiency in children by Rahmathullah, L, Raj, M S, Chandravathi, T S

“…Severe forms of vitamin A deficiency or keratomalacia are common in young children. Keratomalacia is thought to be associated with malnutrition due to poor…”
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Evaluation of non‐specific effects of infant immunizations on early infant mortality in a southern Indian population by Moulton, Lawrence H., Rahmathullah, Lakshmi, Halsey, Neal A., Thulasiraj, R. D., Katz, Joanne, Tielsch, James M.

“…Summary Objective  The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between receipt of routine childhood immunizations and infant mortality before 6 months…”
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The Kariapatti Pediatric Eye Evaluation Project: baseline ophthalmic data of children aged 15 years or younger in Southern India by Nirmalan, Praveen K, Vijayalakshmi, Perumalsamy, Sheeladevi, Sethu, Kothari, Mihir B, Sundaresan, Kannan, Rahmathullah, Lakshmi

“…To estimate the prevalence of ocular morbidity among children of rural southern India before developing a service delivery model for community-based pediatric…”
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The Impact of Visual Impairment on Functional Vision of Children in Rural South India: The Kariapatti Pediatric Eye Evaluation Project by Nirmalan, Praveen Kumar, John, Rajesh Kumar, Gothwal, Vijaya Kumari, Baskaran, Sethu, Vijayalakshmi, Perumalsamy, Rahmathullah, Lakshmi

“…To determine the impact of visual impairment on functional vision of children in a rural population of south India. A visual function questionnaire (LVP-VFQ)…”
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Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization in young South Indian infants by COLES, Christian L, KANUNGO, Reba, RAHMATHULLAH, Lakshmi, THULASIRAJ, Ramilla D, KATZ, Joanne, SANTOSHAM, Mathuram, TIELSCH, James M

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most frequent bacterial cause of morbidity and mortality in young children. Bacteria carried in the nasopharynx of healthy…”
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Vitamin A supplementation at birth delays pneumococcal colonization in South Indian infants by Coles, C L, Rahmathullah, L, Kanungo, R, Thulasiraj, R D, Katz, J, Santhosham, M, Tielsch, J M

“…Nasopharyngeal colonization is a risk factor for pneumococcal disease, a leading cause of complications and death in infants. We assessed the impact of vitamin…”
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Breastfeeding in the low socio economic group--a matter for concern by Rahmathullah, L

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Diarrhea, respiratory infections, and growth are not affected by a weekly low-dose vitamin A supplement: a masked, controlled field trial in children in southern India by Rahmathullah, L, Underwood, BA, Thulasiraj, RD, Milton, RC

“…Incidence, duration, and severity of diarrhea and respiratory symptoms were monitored weekly for 1 y in 15 419 children 6–60 mo of age in a randomized,…”
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Effect of receiving a weekly dose of vitamin A equivalent to the recommended dietary allowances among pre school children on mortality in South India by Rahmathullah, L

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Prevalence of childhood disability in a southern Indian city: independent effect of small differences in social status by Natale, J E, Joseph, J G, Bergen, R, Thulasiraj, R D, Rahmathullah, L

“…A random sample of mothers living in two neighbourhoods of a southern Indian city were interviewed in order to determine the prevalence of serious disability…”
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Supplementing newborn infants with Vitamin A reduces mortality at age 6 months

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