Prevalence and factors associated with vitamin A deficiency in children and adolescents

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 486-492

  De Cássia Ribeiro Silva, Rita ^a   Nunes, Itaciara L ^a   Assis, Ana Marlúcia Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Risk factors; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; AGE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STUDENT; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84908356730     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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