Use of the deuterated-retinol-dilution technique to monitor the vitamin A status of Nicaraguan schoolchildren 1 y after initiation of the Nicaraguan national program of sugar fortification with vitamin A

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1291-1298

  Ribaya Mercado, Judy D ^a   Solomons, Noel W ^b   Medrano, Yadira ^c   Bulux, Jesus ^b   Dolnikowski, Gregory G ^a   Russell, Robert M ^a   Wallace, Charles B ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Deuterated retinol dilution; Liver vitamin A; Nicaraguan children; Retinol; Stable isotope dilution; Total body vitamin A stores; Vitamin A; Vitamin A fortified sugar; Carotene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DEUTERIUM; RETINOL; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; LIVER; MALE; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; LIVER; MALE; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 16544392359     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.5.1291     Document Type: Article

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