Vitamin A deficiency in Afghanistan

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-162

  Mihora, Lisa D ^a,b   Jatla, Kalpana K ^a   Little, Tom ^a   Campbell, Martin ^a   Rahim, A ^a   Enzenauer, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Public health; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NEWBORN; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 16544364775     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000132267.20107.C5     Document Type: Article

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