Assessment of vitamin A status of preschool children in a sub-Saharan African setting: comparative advantage of modified relative-dose response test.

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Published in J Health Popul Nutr on October 01, 2010

Authors

C Samba1, B Gourmel, P Houze, D Malvy

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Tropical Medicine, Hôpital Saint-André, University Hospital Center of Bordeaux, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, F-33076 Bordeaux, France. claude.samba@wanadoo.fr

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