Development of Screening Indicators for Ranking Areas at Risk of Vitamin A Deficiency in Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-157

  Maleevong, Kandavasee ^a   Wasantawisut, Emorn ^b   Pattaraarchachai, Junya ^c   Durongdej, Somchai ^b   Pradipasen, Mandhana ^b   Sinawat, Sangsom ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Areas at Risk of Vitamin A Deficiency; Screening Indicators; Thailand; Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRORETINOL; RETINOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 1842761411     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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