Vitamin A concentration in umbilical cord blood of infants from three separate regions of the province of Québec (Canada)

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 386-390

  Dallaire, Frédéric ^a   Dewailly, Eric ^a   Shademani, Ramesh ^a   Laliberté, Claire ^a   Bruneau, Suzanne ^a   Rhainds, Marc ^a   Blanchet, Carole ^a   Lefebvre, Michel ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0142213125     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403568     Document Type: Article

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