Comparison of methods of assessing vitamin a status in children

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 439-449

  Makdani, Dhiren ^a   Sowell, Anne L ^b   Nelson, J Daniel ^c   Apgar, Jean ^d   Gunter, Elaine W ^b   Hegar, Amin ^e   Potts, Will ^f   Rao, David ^f   Wilcox, Adeline ^f   Smith, J Cecil ^f  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d and Nutrition Laboratory   (United States)

^e Belize Vision Center   (Belize)

^f BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival impression cytology; Ethnicity; RDR; Relative dose response; Retinol; Retinol binding protein; Retinyl esters; Stunting

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL ESTER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

BELIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 10244253952     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1996.10718622     Document Type: Article

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