Estimating the burden of disease attributable to vitamin A deficiency in South Africa in 2000

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 748-753

  Nojilana, Beatrice ^a   Norman, Rosana ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   van Stuijvenberg, Martha E ^a   Dhansay, Muhammad A ^a   Labadarios, Demetre ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEASLES; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 38449085606     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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