Vitamin A status in Cuban children aged 6-11 years

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Macías Matos, Consuelo ^a   Pita Rodríguez, Gisela ^a   Monterrey Gutiérrez, Pedro ^a   Reboso Pérez, José ^a  

^a Instituto de Nutricion e Higiene de los Alimentos   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Children; Cuba; Food sources; Retinol; Status; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 36849051912     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000201     Document Type: Article

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