The positive impact of red palm oil in school meals on vitamin A status: Study in Burkina Faso

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zeba, Augustin N ^a,b   Prével, Yves Martin ^c   Somé, Issa T ^d   Delisle, Hélène F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IRSS Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé DRO   (Burkina Faso)

^c Institut de recherche pour le developpement Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BURKINA FASO; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT OILS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; VITAMIN A;

TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 33748566765     PISSN: 14752891     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-5-17     Document Type: Article

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