Interpretation of Serum Retinol Data From Latin America and the Caribbean

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages S98-S108

  Cediel, Gustavo ^a   Olivares, Manuel ^a   Brito, Alex ^b   de Romaña, Daniel López ^c   Cori, Héctor ^d   La Frano, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^d DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caribbean; deficiency; Latin America; retinol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HAITI; HUMAN; INFANT; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANAMA; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HAITI; HUMANS; INFANT; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANAMA; PERU; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84938723065     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572115585743     Document Type: Article

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