Prevalence of sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency and malnutrition in slum children in Maracaibo-Venezuela;Prevalencia de deficiencia subclínica de vitamina A y desnutrición en niños marginales de Maracaibo - Venezuela

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-32

  Castejón, Haydée V ^a   Ortega, Pablo ^a   Díaz, María E ^a   Amaya, Daisy ^a   Gómez, Gisela ^a   Ramos, María ^a   Alvarado, María V ^a   Urrieta, Jesús R ^a  

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Author keywords

Children malnutrition; Conjunctival impression cytology; Nutritional status; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VENEZUELA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; VENEZUELA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0039253961     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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