Vitamin A status in mother/newborn pairs from two health facilities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Estado nutricional de vitamina A no binômio mãe/recém-nascido em duas maternidades no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 318-321

  Ramalho, Rejane Andréa ^a   Dos Anjos, Luiz Antonio ^a   Flores, Hernando ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Hypovitaminosis A; Newborns; Nutritional status; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033287119     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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