Determinants of vitamin a deficiency amongst children in aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 861-866

  Sachdeva, Sandeep ^a   Alam, Seema ^a   Beig, Farzana K ^a   Khan, Zulfia ^a   Khalique, Najam ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Determinants; India; Prevalence; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MALE; MEASLES; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; WASTING SYNDROME; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 84856198974     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0140-8     Document Type: Article

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