Cost-effectiveness of "golden mustard" for treating vitamin a deficiency in India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Chow, Jeffrey ^a   Klein, Eili Y ^b,c   Laxminarayan, Ramanan ^b,c  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

BRASSICA JUNCEA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MUSTARD PLANT; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77957802664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012046     Document Type: Article

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