Preventing blindness and saving lives: The centenary of vitamin A

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-117

  Sommer, Alfred ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

BLINDNESS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROPHTHALMIA;

BLINDNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 84892701734     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.5309     Document Type: Review

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