Malaria is associated with reduced serum retinol levels in rural Zambian children

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 384-388

  Hautvast, Jeannine L A ^a   Tolboom, Jules J M ^a   West, Clive E ^b   Kafwembe, Emmanuel M ^c   Sauerwein, Robert W ^a   Van Staveren, Wija A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Malaria; Preschool children; Vitamin A; Zambia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OROSOMUCOID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; OROSOMUCOID; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031773534     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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