Ocular manifestation of vitamin A deficiency among Orang Asli (Aborigine) children in Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 88-91

  Ngah, Nor F ^a   Moktar, Norhayati ^a   Isa, Noor H M ^a   Selvaraj, S ^a   Yusof, Md Shahrom ^a   Sani, Halimah A ^a   Hasan, Zainal A A ^a   Kadir, Rohani A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Luxometer reading; Malaysia; Night blindness; Orang Asli; Perak; Vitamin A deficiency; Xerophthalmia

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; XEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ABORIGINES; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036023650     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2002.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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