Serum vitamin A and beta-carotene levels in children with recurrent acute respiratory infections and diarrhoea in Malatya

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 337-340

  Kucukbay H ^a   Yakinci, C ^a   Kucukbay F Z ^a   Turgut, M ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPECTROMETER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031461117     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.6.337     Document Type: Article

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