Serum Retinol, Iron Status and Body Composition of Lactating Women in Nandi, Kenya

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 276-283

  Ettyang, G A ^a   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, W D ^b   Oloo, A ^a   Saris, W H M ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast milk fat; Breast feeding; Fat free mass; Fat mass; Hematocrit; Hemoglobin; Serum ferritin; Vitamin A status

Indexed keywords

FAT; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SAMPLE; SKINFOLD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; KENYA; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 1342269816     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072400     Document Type: Article

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