The night vision threshold test is a better predictor of low serum vitamin A concentration than self-reported night blindness in pregnant urban Nepalese women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2573-2578

  Taren, Douglas L ^a   Duncan, Burris ^b   Shrestha, Kamal ^c   Shrestha, Narayani ^d   Genaro Wolf, Denise ^a   Schleicher, Rosemary L ^e   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^e   Sowell, Anne L ^e   Greivenkamp, John ^a   Canfield, Louise ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d National Eye Hospital   (Nepal)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Night blindness; Pregnancy; Vitamin A; Xerophthalmia

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARK ADAPTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NIGHT VISION; NIGHT VISION THRESHOLD TEST; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SELF REPORT; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL THRESHOLD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 4744345997     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.10.2573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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