Race-ethnic, family income, and education differentials in nutritional and lipid biomarkers in US children and adolescents: NHANES 2003-2006

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 601-612

  Kant, Ashima K ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN D; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NHANES; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865316763     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.035535     Document Type: Article

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