Dietary vitamin A intake in relation to child growth

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 402-407

  Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Herrera, M Guillermo ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a   Nestel, Penelope ^b   El Amin, Alawia ^c   Mohamed, Kamal A ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Diet; Nutritional status; Stunting; Sudan; Vitamin A; Vitamin A supplementation; Wasting

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SUDAN; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0030918901     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199707000-00009     Document Type: Article

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