Status of vitamins A and e in schoolchildren in the centre west of Tunisia: A population-based study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Fares, Samira ^a   Chahed, Mohamed K ^b   Feki, Moncef ^a   Beji, Chiraz ^c   Traissac, Pierre ^d   El Ati, Jalila ^c   Kaabachi, Naziha ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^c Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Malnutrition; Vitamin A deficiency; Vitamin E deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; RETINOL;

AGE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; TUNISIA;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUNISIA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79952509916     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010001631     Document Type: Article

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