Prevalence of malnutrition and vitamin A deficiency in Nigerian preschool children subsisting on high intakes of carotenes

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Adelekan, D A ^a   Fatusi, A O ^a   Fakunle, J B ^a   Olotu, C T ^a   Olukoga, I A ^a   Jinadu, M K ^a   Ojofeitimi, E O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STUDIES; WESTERN AFRICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; STUDIES; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CAROTENOIDS; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031309808     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010609701200102     Document Type: Article

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