Magnitude and distribution of vitamin A deficiency in Ethiopia

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-241

  Demissie, Tsegaye ^c   Ali, Ahmed ^b   Mekonen, Yared ^a   Haider, Jemal ^b   Umeta, Melaku ^b  

^a Mela Population and Health Consul tancy PLC   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Clinical vitamin a deficiency; Ethiopia; Serum retinol levels; Subclinical vitamin a deficiency

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FRUIT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SERUM; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ETHIOPIA;

RETINOL;

ADULT; AGING; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77954931145     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651003100206     Document Type: Article

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