Status of carotenoids, vitamin A, and vitamin E in the mother-infant dyad and anthropometric status of infants in Malawi

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-350

  Dancheck, Barbara ^a,e   Nussenblatt, Veronique ^a   Kumwenda, Newton ^b   Lema, Valentino ^b   Neville, Margaret C ^c   Broadhead, Robin ^b   Taha, Taha E ^d   Ricks, Michelle O ^a   Semba, Richard D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Carotenoids; Infant growth; Infant nutritional status; Longitudinal studies; Lutein; Malawi; Nutritional status; Prospective studies; Retinoids; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; MALAWI; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 33645358890     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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