Background: The World Health Organization identifies women of reproductive age as a high
risk group for soil-transmitted helminth infections because these infections cause blood loss …

EDITORIAL 673 use, estimating the effect on nutrition with dichotomous prevalences is
usually much less efficient statistically than using the means or ordinary least squares (OLS) …

Serum retinol concentration is commonly used to determine vitamin A status. Studies show
that serum retinol binding protein (RBP) is a surrogate measure of vitamin A. Infant is among …

Dhonukshe-Rutten et al.(1) have explored an interesting and seldom investigated topic by
assessing the day-to-day variation in human milk concentrations of iron, zinc and copper …

RESUMO A vitamina A é um micronutriente essencial para a saúde e está envolvida em
processos biológicos, tais como a visão, o crescimento e a diferenciação celular. A …

Serum retinol concentration is commonly used to determine vitamin A status. Studies show
that serum retinol binding protein (RBP) is a surrogate measure of vitamin A. Infant is among …

Micronutrientt deficiencies are highly prevalent and affect millions of people worldwide,, in
particular in South and South East Asia (1, 2). Anemia is the most widespread deficiency …

Possibly we should have selected a standard that prohave investigated the matter further.
duced low retinol/RBP ratios instead of selecting one giving The high retinol/RBP ratios …

This study assessed the impact of vitamin A and $\beta $-carotene supplementation in
lactating women on biochemical indicators of vitamin A status because evidence for the …

Current pediatric medicine has not sufficiently addressed some common conditions of
infants. An integrative approach in the pediatric care of infants may aid in the prevention and …