Plasma β-carotene concentrations in pregnancies, newborn infants and their mothers

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 77-80

  Ziyakarakilcik, A ^a,c   Aksakal, Mosul ^a,b   Baydas, G ^a,b   Sozcri, R ^a,b   Ayata, A ^a,b   Simsck, M ^a,b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Physiology Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030112778     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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