| thiamin intakes and erythrocyte thiamin levels in eleven-year-old children in the western cape. | dietary intake of thiamin has been evaluated in a series of 615 eleven-year-old children in western cape province, south africa. thiamin intakes, determined by 24-hour recall and local food composition tables, were highest in rural white children (boys 1.49 mg/day, girls 1.11 mg), followed by rural black (xhosa) children (1.33, 1.15 mg), and lowest in rural (1.18, 1.11 mg) and urban coloured (euro-african-malay) subjects (1.11, 0.85 mg). the group means exceeded who recommended daily intakes exc ... | 1988 | 3188211 |