Serum retinol and biochemical measures of iron status in adolescent schoolgirls in urban Bangladesh

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 346-351

  Ahmed, F ^a   Khan, M R ^a   Karim, R ^a   Taj, S ^a   Hyderi, T ^a   Faruque, M O ^a   Margetts, B M ^b   Jackson, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Haemoglobin; Serum iron; Serum retinol; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MENSTRUATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0029890075     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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