Prevalence of ocular signs and subclinical vitamin A deficiency and its determinants among rural pre-school children in India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 568-577

  Laxmaiah, Avula ^a   Nair, Madhavan K ^a   Arlappa, Nimmathota ^a   Raghu, Pullakhandam ^a   Balakrishna, Nagalla ^a   Mallikharjuna Rao, Kodavanti ^a   Galreddy, Chitty ^a   Kumar, Sharad ^a   Ravindranath, Manachala ^a   Vikas Rao, Varaganti ^a   Brahmam, Ginnela N V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Determinants; Pre school children; Vitamin A deficiency; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84858001430     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001100214X     Document Type: Article

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