Risk factors for nightblindness among women of childbearing age in Cambodia

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1627-1632

  Semba, R D ^a,d   de Pee, S ^b   Panagides, D ^b   Poly, O ^c   Bloem, M W ^b  

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

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^d Government of Cambodia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Nightblindness; Poverty; Vitamin A; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAMBODIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347513286     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601734     Document Type: Article

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