Validation of night blindness reports among children and women in a vitamin A deficient population in rural Tanzania

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-419

  Wedner, Susanne H ^a   Ross, D A ^a,b   Congdon, N ^c   Balira, R ^b   Spitzer, V ^d   Foster, A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bioanalytics Laboratories   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Night blindness reports; Pupillary threshold; Serum retinol; Vitamin A deficiency; Women

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TANZANIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 1842580562     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601797     Document Type: Article

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