Vitamin a levels in HIV/AIDS

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 451-453

  Kafwembe, E M ^a   Kelly, P ^b   Ngalande, P ^c  

^a TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Hope Humana   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0035469474     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i9.8972     Document Type: Article

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