Association between gestational night blindness and serum retinol in mother/newborn pairs in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 456-461

  Saunders, Cláudia ^a,b   Andréa Ramalho, Rejane ^b   Thiapó De Lima, Ana Paula Pereira ^b   Martins Gomes, Mirian ^b   Ferreira Campos, Luciana ^b   Dos Santos Silva, Bianca Amaral ^b   Gonçalves Soares, Alexandre ^b   Do Carmo Leal, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Indicators; Newborn; Night blindness; Postpartum women; Pregnancy; Serum retinol; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 16244404593     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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