Effects of egg and vitamin a supplementation on hemoglobin, retinol status and physical growth levels of primary and middle school students in chongqing, china

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-221

  Cao, Jiaoyang ^a   Wei, Xiaoping ^a   Tang, Xianqiang ^a   Jiang, Hongpeng ^a   Fan, Zhen ^a   Yu, Qin ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Liu, Youxue ^a   Li, Tingyu ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effects; Egg; Students; Supplementation; Vitamin a

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EGGS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; STUDENTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84878205744     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.2.10     Document Type: Article

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