Prevalence of infant Vitamin A deficiency and undernutrition in the Republic of Congo

Acta Tropica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-283

  Samba, C ^a,b   Tchibindat, F ^c   Houze, P ^d   Gourmel, B ^d   Malvy, D ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b CERMA Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche Médecins d'Afrique   (Congo)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dried blood spot; Nutritional status; Vitamin A deficiency; Vitamin A intake and supplementation

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

CHILD HEALTH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRITION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGO; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; XEROPHTHALMIA;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33644554503     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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