Serum retinol is associated with stage of pregnancy and the acute phase response in pregnant women in Guinea-Bissau

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 942-947

  Kæstel, Pernille ^a,c   Martinussen, Torben ^b   Aaby, Peter ^c,d   Michaelsen, Kim F ^a   Friis, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; BETA CAROTENE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862060079     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.155937     Document Type: Article

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