Vitamin A deficiency in healthy children aged 6-71 months in eastern Turkey [1]

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-108

  Inandi, T ^a   Ertekin, Vildan ^a   Guraksin A ^a   Keles, S ^a   Yildirim, A K ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

BLINDNESS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

EID: 1642294197     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/atp.2004.24.1.107     Document Type: Letter

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