Risk factors of low dietary vitamin a intake among children in the Sudan

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Fawzi, W W ^a   Herrera, M G ^b   Nestel, P ^b   El Amin, A ^b   Mohammed, K A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

CHILD NUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; VITAMIN A;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDAN;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ARAB COUNTRIES; BIOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HYGIENE; INFANT NUTRITION; LITERACY; NORTHERN AFRICA; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUDAN; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; YOUTH;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDAN; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

SUDAN;

EID: 0030853793     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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