Lack of influence of red palm oil on severity of malaria infection in pre-school Nigerian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 216-223

  Cooper, K A ^a   Adelekan, D A ^b   Esimai, A O ^b   Northrop Clewes, C A ^a   Thurnham, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Malaria; Nigeria; Nutrition; Red palm oil; Vitamin A; carotene; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; RED PALM OIL; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BED NET; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

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EID: 0036329178     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90312-3     Document Type: Article

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