Relationships between vitamin A, iron status and helminthiasis in Bangladeshi school children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-89

  Persson, V ^a   Ahmed, F ^b   Gebre Medhin, M ^a   Greiner, T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Bangladesh; Beta carotene; Dietary intake; Ferritin; Haemoglobin; Helmintiasis; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anaemia; Primary school children; Retinol; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; VERMES;

EID: 0034000014     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980000000100     Document Type: Article

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