Perinatal vitamin A (retinol) status of northern canadian mothers and their infants

Neonatology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Godel, John C ^a,b   Basu, Tapan K ^a,b   Pabst, Henry F ^a,b   Hodges, Robert S ^a,b   Hodges, Phyllis E ^a,b   Ng, Margaret L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Misericordia Community Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Northern canadians; Plasma retinol; Vitamin a intake

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CANADA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INUITS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029871889     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000244288     Document Type: Article

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