Vitamin A deficiency in infants: Effects of postnatal maternal vitamin A supplementation on the growth and vitamin A status

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 769-778

  Bhaskaram, P ^a   Balakrishna, N ^a   Madhavan Nair, K ^a   Sivakumar, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Breast milk vitamin A; RBP; Vitamin A status; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034212306     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00176-7     Document Type: Article

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