Vitamin A and the nursing mother-infant DYAD: Evidence for intervention

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 503, Issue , 2002, Pages 39-47

  Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a   Humphrey, Jean H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035991822     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0559-4_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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