Impact of Giardia intestinalis on vitamin A status in schoolchildren from northwest Mexico

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 51-56

  Quihui Cota, Luis ^a   Astiazarán García, Humberto ^a   Valencia, Mauro E ^a   Morales Figueroa, Gloria G ^a   Lopez Mata, Marco A ^a   Ortiz, Francisco Vazquez ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Giardiasis; Northwestern Mexico; Schoolchildren; Serum retinol

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITE CONTROL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 54249137141     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.78.2.51     Document Type: Article

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