Feasibility of using retinol-binding protein from capillary blood specimens to estimate serum retinol concentrations and the prevalence of vitamin a deficiency in low-resource settings

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-520

  Gorstein, Jonathan L ^a   Dary, Omar ^b   Pongtorn, ^c   Shell Duncan, Bettina ^a   Quick, Tim ^d   Wasanwisut, Emorn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b A2Z Project   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological assessment; Capillary blood; Monitoring; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VENOUS BLOOD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAPILLARIES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THAILAND; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 42149121968     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000821     Document Type: Article

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