Relationship of serum carotenoids and retinol with anaemia among pre-school children in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1863-1869

  Khan, Nguyen Cong ^a,b   Van Huan, Phan ^c   Van Nhien, Nguyen ^c   Tuyen, Le Danh ^c   De Pee, Saskia ^d   Semba, Richard D ^e  

^a Vietnam Food Administration   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Hb; Non provitamin A carotenoid; Provitamin A carotenoid; Retinol; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VIET NAM;

ANEMIA; CAROTENOIDS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; VIETNAM; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79451472449     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000571     Document Type: Article

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