Suspected Outbreak of Riboflavin Deficiency among Populations Reliant on Food Assistance: A Case Study of Drought-Stricken Karamoja, Uganda, 2009-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Nichols, Erin K ^a   Talley, Leisel E ^b   Birungi, Nelly ^c   McClelland, Amanda ^d   Madraa, Elizabeth ^e   Chandia, Agnes B ^e   Nivet, Jacqueline ^f   Flores Ayala, Rafael ^a   Serdula, Mary K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Concern Worldwide/Emergency Response Team ^*  (Uganda)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^f United Nations World Food Programme   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGULAR STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; DROUGHT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMATITIS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DROUGHTS; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877038026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062976     Document Type: Article

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