Cassava intake and Vitamin A status among women and preschool children in Akwa- Ibom, Nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  De Moura, Fabiana F ^a   Moursi, Mourad ^a   Lubowa, Abdelrahman ^b   Ha, Barbara ^a   Boy, Erick ^a   Oguntona, Babatunde ^c   Sanusi, Rasaki A ^d   Maziya Dixon, Busie ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CIAT Uganda   (Uganda)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; PALM OIL; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; IRON;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASSAVA INTAKE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT ROOT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; ADOLESCENT; DIET; INFANT; MALE; MANIHOT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

GARI; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; MANIHOT; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939220270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129436     Document Type: Article

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