Serum retinol is influenced by social factors and antioxidant nutrients among adolescent girls in urban Bangladesh

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-44

  Ahmed, Faruk ^a   Khan, Moududur Rahman ^a   Faruque, Md Omar ^a   Taj, Shirin ^a   Hyderi, Tasmin ^a   Jackson, Alan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; PLASMA PROTEIN; RETINOL; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031917249     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637489809086402     Document Type: Article

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