Vitamin A deficiency in pregnant women and respiratory morbidity in their infants - Is there a link?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1089-

  Arun Babu, T ^a   Sharmila, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LACTATION; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77951621199     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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