Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among pre-school and school-aged children in Arssi zone, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 355-359

  Asrat, Y T ^a   Omwega, A M ^a   Muita, J W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ULCER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCAR FORMATION; SEX RATIO; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0036629927     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i7.8838     Document Type: Article

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