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Re-Defining the Population-Specific Cut-Off Mark for Vitamin A Deficiency in Pre-School Children of Malawi
Retinol Binding Protein (RBP) is responsible for the transport of serum retinol (SR) to target tissue in the body. Since RBP is relatively easy and cheap to measure, it is widely used in national Micronutrient Surveys (MNS) as a proxy for SR to determine vitamin A status. By regressing RBP concentra...
Autores principales: | Likoswe, Blessings H., Joy, Edward J. M., Sandalinas, Fanny, Filteau, Suzanne, Maleta, Kenneth, Phuka, John C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8000145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33807563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13030849 |
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