Serum carotenoid and retinol levels during childhood infections

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-162

  Cser, M A ^a   Majchrzak, D ^b   Rust, P ^b   Sziklai Laszlo I ^c   Kovacs I ^a   Bocskai, E ^a   Elmadfa, I ^b  

^a Bethesda Children's Hospital   (Hungary)

^b Institute of Nutritional Sciences   (Austria)

^c KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carotenoid intake; Child health; Infection; Serum carotenoids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURBIDIMETRY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LUTEIN; MALE; VITAMIN A; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 4444253060     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078379     Document Type: Article

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