Association between vitamin A status and lung function level in children aged 6-9 years in Wukro wereda, Northern Ethiopia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 457-464

  Kassaye, Tarik ^a   Becklake, Margaret R ^b   Receveur, Olivier ^a,c   Hanley, James A ^b   Johns, Timothy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethiopa; FEV1; Lung function; Modified relative dose response; MRDR; Vitamin A deficiency; Vitamin A reserve

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; NUTRITION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0034960595     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.3.457     Document Type: Article

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