Vitamin A supply to mothers and children: Challenges and opportunities

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 310-314

  Sauvant, Patrick ^a   Féart, Catherine ^a,b   Atgié, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Deficiency; Supplementation; Vitamin A; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; RETINOL;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIPID ABSORPTION; MATERNAL CARE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84863632156     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3283526968     Document Type: Review

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