Assessment of vitamin A status of preschool children in Indonesia using plasma retinol-binding protein

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 84-87

  Semba, R D ^a   Yuniar, Y ^b   Gamble, M V ^c   Natadisastra, G ^d   Muhilal, ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Cicendo Eye Hospital   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OROSOMUCOID; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFLAMMATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036240681     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.2.84     Document Type: Article

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