Low-dose β-carotene supplementation and deworming improve serum vitamin A and β-carotene concentrations in preschool children of Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-237

  Haque, Rashidul ^a   Ahmed, Tanvir ^a   Wahed, M A ^a   Mondal, Dinesh ^a   Hamidur Rahman, A S M ^a   John Albert, M ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

carotene; Albendazole; Antihelminthics; Ascariasis; Ascaris lumbricoides; Bangladesh; Children; Deworming; Impact studies; Retinol; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BANGLADESH; BETA CAROTENE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; VITAMIN A;

EID: 77955492205     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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