Estimating the global costs of vitamin A capsule supplementation: A review of the literature

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-316

  Neidecker Gonzales, Oscar ^a   Nestel, Penelope ^a,b   Bouis, Howarth ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Micronutrient interventions; Vitamin A capsule supplementation cost studies

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; COMMODITY PRICE; COST; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; POLICY APPROACH; RETINOL;

ASIA; EURASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 35848946561     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800307     Document Type: Review

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