Home gardens focusing on the production of yellow and dark-green leafy vegetables increase the serum retinol concentrations of 2-5-y-old children in South Africa

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1048-1054

  Faber, Mieke ^a   Phungula, Michael A S ^a,b   Venter, Sonja L ^a,c   Dhansay, Muhammad A ^a   Spinnler Benade A J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Ndunakazi Primary School   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Home gardens; Preschool children; Rural South Africa; Serum retinol; Vitamin A; Yellow and dark green vegetables

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SERUM; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0036829758     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.5.1048     Document Type: Article

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