Nutrition education improves serum retinol concentration among adolescent school girls

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-49

  Lanerolle, Pulani ^a   Atukorala, Sunethra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nutrition education; Serum retinol; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 33644771061     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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