Vitamin A deficiency and determinants of Vitamin A status in Bangladeshi children and women: Findings of a national survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1114-1125

  Rahman, Sabuktagin ^a   Rahman, Ahmed Shafiqur ^a   Alam, Nurul ^a   Ahmed, Am Shamsir ^a,b   Ireen, Santhia ^a   Chowdhury, Ireen Akhter ^c   Chowdhury, Fatima Parveen ^d,e   Mustafizur Rahman, S M ^e,f   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Ayesha Memorial Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^e Institute of Public Health Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^f MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal source foods; Bangladesh; Subclinical Vitamin A status; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CHILD; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84997545136     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016003049     Document Type: Review

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