Plasma retinol-binding protein predicts plasma retinol concentration in both infected and uninfected Cameroonian women and children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2233-2241

  Engle Stone, Reina ^a   Haskell, Marjorie J ^a   Ndjebayi, Alex Ongla ^b   Nankap, Martin ^b   Erhardt, Juergen G ^c   Gimou, Marie Madeleine ^d   Brown, Kenneth H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^d CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OROSOMUCOID; PLASMA RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAMEROON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855525424     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.145805     Document Type: Article

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