Estimating lives saved by achieving dietary micronutrient adequacy, with a focus on vitamin A intervention programs in Cameroon

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2194S-2203S

  Engle Stone, Reina ^a   Perkins, Amanda ^b   Clermont, Adrienne ^b   Walker, Neff ^b   Haskell, Marjorie J ^a   Vosti, Stephen A ^a   Brown, Kenneth H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Dietary intake; Modeling; Mortality; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

PLASMA RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM IMPACT; CHILD; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORTIFIED FOOD; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINOL DEFICIENCY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; MICRONUTRIENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85032749083     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.242271     Document Type: Article

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