Chronic low intakes of vitamin A-rich foods in households with xerophthalmic children: A case-control study in Nepal

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 242-248

  Shankar, Anita V ^b   West Jr , Keith P ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^b   Katz, Joanne ^b   Pradhan, Rajendra ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

case control studies; child feeding; Dietary assessment; seasonality; vitamin A deficiency; xerophthalmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEASON; VITAMIN INTAKE; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0030036827     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.2.242     Document Type: Article

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