Impact of β-carotene supplementation through red palm oil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-72

  Sivan, Y S ^a   Jayakumar, Y Alwin ^a   Arumughan, C ^a   Sundaresan, A ^a   Balachandran, C ^a   Job, Joseph ^a   Deepa, S S ^a   Shihina, S L ^a   Damodaran, Malathi ^b   Soman, C R ^c   Kutty, V Raman ^c   Sarma, P Sankara ^d  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b Sri Sathya Sai Trust Hospital   (India)

^c Health Action by People   (India)

^d SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; EDIBLE OIL; PALM OIL; RED PALM OIL; RETINOL; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EYE DISEASE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; MEAL; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; TEACHER; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT OILS; VITAMIN A; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 17744397714     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/47.2.67     Document Type: Article

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