Is vitamin A deficiency a problem among pregnant Emirati women in Al-Ain City?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 648-656

  Qazaq, H S ^a   Aladeeb, N Z ^a   Al Masri, J ^b  

^a Department of Preventive Medicine   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Scientific Centre for Racing Camels   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33646182381     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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