Vitamin A deficiency in healthy children aged 6-59 months in Izmir Province of Turkey

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-69

  Kurugöl, Zafer ^a   Egemen, Ayten ^a   Keskinoǧlu, Pembe ^a   Darcan, Şükran ^a   Akşit, Sadik ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TURKEY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033964157     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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