High prevalence of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in early childhood among a nationally representative sample of Cambodian women of childbearing age and their children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Whitfield, Kyly C ^a   Smith, Geoffry ^b,c   Chamnan, Chhoun ^d   Karakochuk, Crystal D ^e   Sophonneary, Prak ^f   Kuong, Khov ^d,g   Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine Amma ^g   Hong, Rathavuth ^h   Berger, Jacques ⁱ   Green, Tim J ^j,k   Wieringa, Frank Tammo ⁱ  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b International Life Sciences Institute Southeast Asia Region   (Singapore)

^c Essential Micronutrients Foundation   (Singapore)

^d Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (Cambodia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f National Maternal and Child Health Center   (Cambodia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^j SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; HEMOGLOBIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY RATE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030443489     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005814     Document Type: Article

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