Measuring the Costs of Vitamin A Interventions: Institutional, Spatial, and Temporal Issues in the Context of Cameroon

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages S172-S192

  Kagin, Justin ^a   Vosti, Stephen A ^b   Engle Stone, Reina ^b   Rettig, Erica ^b   Brown, Kenneth H ^b,c   Nankap, Martin ^d   Ndjebayi, Alex ^d  

^a Kagin s Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; costs; micronutrient interventions; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

CAMEROON; CHILD NUTRITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

CAMEROON; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84945387514     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572115598445     Document Type: Article

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