Vitamin a supplementation programs and country-level evidence of vitamin A deficiency

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Wirth, James P ^a   Petry, Nicolai ^a   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^b   Rogers, Lisa M ^c   McLean, Erin ^d   Greig, Alison ^e   Garrett, Greg S ^f   Klemm, Rolf D W ^g,h   Rohner, Fabian ^a  

^a Ground Work   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^f GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^g HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biofortification; Deficiency; Fortification; MNPs; Programs; Supplementation; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOFORTIFICATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MEASLES; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED NATIONS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED NATIONS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85014001684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9030190     Document Type: Article

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