Vitamin A and public health: Challenges for the next decade

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-165

  Ross, David A ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AGE; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DISEASES; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GHANA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFANT; JUVENILE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; NUTRITION; NUTRITION PROGRAMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANNING; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DISEASES; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GOALS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INFANT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICRONUTRIENTS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITION PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANNING; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFANT; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUDAN; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031991424     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS19980022     Document Type: Article

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