Breast milk retinol and plasma retinol-binding protein concentrations provide similar estimates of vitamin A deficiency prevalence and identify similar risk groups among women in Cameroon but breast milk retinol underestimates the prevalence of deficiency among young children.

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  2014

• Venue

  Journal of NutriLife

• Publication date

  2014-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.3945/jn.113.179788PMID 24336458
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