Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders: International Efforts to Control A Preventable "Pox"

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Underwood, Barbara A ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

History vitamin A deficiency; Intervention programs; IVACG; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency disorders

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POLITICS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SELF HELP; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347985508     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.1.231s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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