Total antioxidant status, vitamins A, C and ·-carotene levels of children with P. falciparum infection in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-489

  Akpotuzor, J O ^a   Udoh, A E ^a   Etukudo, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Malaria; P. falciparum infection; carotene

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34447286265     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2007.485.489     Document Type: Article

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