Selenium and vitamins status in Saudi children

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 99-109

  Al Saleh, Iman ^a   Billedo, Grisellhi ^a   El Doush, Inaam ^a   El Din Mohamed, Gamal ^a   Yosef, Gamal ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

All trans retinol; Children; dl tocopherol; Malondialdehyde; Saudi Arabia; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL; SELENIUM; VITAMIN;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SELENIUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VITAMINS;

EID: 33747140792     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.12.025     Document Type: Article

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