Vitamin A deficiency is associated with gastrointestinal and respiratory morbidity in school-age children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 496-503

  Thornton, Kathryn A ^a   Mora Plazas, Mercedes ^b   Marín, Constanza ^b   Villamor, Eduardo ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Foundation for Research in Nutrition and Health (FINUSAD)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EAR; EAR INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORBIDITY; OTALGIA; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLOMBIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; SCHOOLS; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84896460972     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.185876     Document Type: Article

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