Association between maternal and newborn vitamin A status and economic stratum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Associação entre deficiência de vitamina A e situação sociodemográfica de mães e recém-nascidos

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-175

  Ramalho, Rejane Andréa ^a   Flores, Hernando ^a   Accioly, Elizabeth ^a   Saunders, Cláudia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lactating women; Newborn; Pregnancy; Socioeconomic stratum; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33746302073     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302006000300018     Document Type: Article

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