Optimal vitamin A and suboptimal vitamin D status are common in Iranian infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-444

  Olang, Beheshteh ^a,b,c,d   Naghavi, Mohsen ^e   Bastani, Delaram ^a   Strandvik, Birgitta ^a   Yngve, Agneta ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute Tehran   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Iran; Supplementation; Vitamin A; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79551597969     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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