The importance of controlling for the acute-phase response in the population-based assessment of vitamin A status: A study in children of pre-school age in Uganda

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1540-1547

  Baingana, Rhona ^a   Matovu Kasozi, Dennis ^a   Garrett, Dean ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Demographic surveys; Retinol binding protein; Uganda

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; UGANDA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; UGANDA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84881115484     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004351     Document Type: Article

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