Risk factors for xerophthalmia in the Republic of Kiribati

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 761-764

  Schaumberg, D A ^a,d   O'Connor, J ^b,c   Semba, R D ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Min of Health and Family Planning   (Kiribati)

^d Division of Preventive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Children; Kiribati; Risk factors; Vitamin a deficiency; Xerophthalmia

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; XEROPHTHALMIA;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; KIRIBATI; MICRONESIA; MICRONESIA-POLYNESIA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OCEANIA; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; YOUTH;

BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEASLES; MICRONESIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0029828841     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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