| Autor: |
Atimati, AO, Abiodun, PO, Ofovwe, GE |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
| Zdroj: |
Annals of Biomedical Sciences; Vol 11, No 1 (2012); 108-117 |
| ISSN: |
1596-6569 |
| Popis: |
One hundred and fifty two children aged 6 to 12 years were randomly selected from10 out of 33 public primary schools in a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria, to assess their plasma Vitamin A levels. Bessey’s spectrophotometric method of ultraviolet destruction of vitamin A was used for determination of their plasma vitamin A levels. Their mean plasma vitamin A level was 27.7±12.4μg/dl., with a range of 10-64μg/dl. The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (plasma retinol |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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