Vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy of HIV infected and non-infected women in tropical settings of Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mulu, Andargachew ^a,b   Kassu, Afework ^a   Huruy, Kahsay ^a   Tegene, Birhanemeskel ^a   Yitayaw, Gashaw ^a   Nakamori, Masayo ^c   Van Nhien, Nguyen ^d   Bekele, Assegedech ^a   Wondimhun, Yared ^e   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^f   Ota, Fusao ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d National Institute for Food Control   (Viet Nam)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f JUMONJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; HIV infection; pregnancy; Vitamin A deficiencies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960564169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-569     Document Type: Article

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