Lipid-soluble antioxidants status and some of its socio-economic determinants among pregnant Ethiopians at the third trimester

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 582-587

  Wondmikun, Yared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Lipid antioxidants; Maternal nutrition; Plasma tocopherol; Plasma carotene; Plasma retinal; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIPID SOLUBILITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 27644524503     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004709     Document Type: Article

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