Diarrhea and novel dietary factors emerge as predictors of serum vitamin B12 in Panamanian children

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-59

  Scatliff, Candice E ^a   Koski, Kristine G ^a   Scott, Marilyn E ^b  

^a Macdonald Campus McGill University   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Energy; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIARRHEAL DISEASE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LUMINESCENCE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM; SURVEY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; ZEA MAYS;

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANAMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ASCARIASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INFANT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANAMA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79957802942     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200106     Document Type: Article

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