Sustainability of a nutrition education programme to prevent night-blindness in Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-51

  Hussain, A ^a   Kvale G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; night blindness; nutrition health education; sustainability

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DIET; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DIET; HEALTH EDUCATION; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0029669884     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-1.x     Document Type: Article

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