Giardia lamblia infection and its implications for vitamin a liver stores in school children

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 228-233

  Astiazaran Garcia, Humberto ^a   Lopez Teros, Veronica ^a   Valencia, Mauro E ^a   Vazquez Ortiz, Francisco ^a   Sotelo Cruz, Norberto ^b   Quihui Cota, Luis ^a  

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

^b Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Giardia lamblia infection; Modified relative dose response; Retinol

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; LIVER LEVEL; MALABSORPTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIVER; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 78649794154     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321682     Document Type: Article

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