Prevalence of sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency in 2-5-year-old children in Tehran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-279

  Rostami, Nahid ^a   Farsar, A R ^b   Shiva, N ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34447276669     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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