Vitamin A deficiency: A serious threat in Dodota District in Central Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 303-307

  Tafesse, Y ^a   Fisseha, T ^a   Umeta, M ^a   Hidar, J ^a   Teka, W ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VITAMIN;

CHILD HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BLOOD; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; XEROPHTHALMIA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CHILD; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SCREENING; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; YOUTH;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ETHIOPIA, DODOTA DISTRICT;

EID: 0030136342     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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