Supplementing lactating women with puréed papaya and grated carrots improved vitamin A status in a placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1497-1502

  Ncube, T N ^a   Greiner, T ^a   Malaba, L C ^a   Gebre Medhin, M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lactating women; Supplementation; Vitamin A; Zimbabwe; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTENE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; RETINOL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARROT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAPAYA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZIMBABWE;

CARICA PAPAYA; DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0035016945     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.5.1497     Document Type: Article

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