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Vitamins A, and C and folate status in Mexican children under 12 years and women 12-49 years: a probabilistic national survey
- Source :
- Salud Pública de México, Vol 45, Iss suppl.4, Pp 508-519 (2003)
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2003.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of Vitamin A and C and folic acid deficiencies and their association with sociodemographic and dietary factors in a national probabilistic sample of Mexican women and children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a probabilistic sample from the National Nutrition Survey 1999 (ENN-99) including 1 966 children and 920 women. Vitamins A and C were measured in serum by high-performance liquid chromatography, and folic acid in total blood by a microbiological method. Determinants for such deficiencies were explored by multiple regression models. RESULTS: Vitamin A deficiency (retinol 10 and
Details
- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 00363634
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- suppl.4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Salud Pública de México
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4c45226ccb484258994ef451c247ac74
- Document Type :
- article