Vitamin status among breastfed infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Ulak, Manjeswori ^a   Chandyo, Ram K ^b   Thorne Lyman, Andrew L ^c,d   Henjum, Sigrun ^e   Ueland, Per M ^b   Midttun, Øivind ^f   Shrestha, Prakash S ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^c   Graybill, Lauren ^c   Strand, Tor A ^b,g  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^e OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^f BEVITAL AS   (Norway)

^g INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Infant; Methylmalonic acid; Nepal; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; VITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITAMIN;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ADULT; AGE; AVITAMINOSIS; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AVITAMINOSIS; BIOMARKERS; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960458001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8030149     Document Type: Article

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