Triple-fortified rice containing vitamin A reduced marginal vitamin a deficiency and increased vitamin A liver stores in school-aged Thai children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 519-524

  Pinkaew, Siwaporn ^a   Wegmuller, Rita ^a   Wasantwisut, Emorn ^b   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^b   Hurrell, Richard F ^a   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; GRAIN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RICE; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; LIVER; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEEDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBURBAN HEALTH; THAILAND; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84896461681     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.182998     Document Type: Article

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