Strategies to achieve adequate vitamin A intake for young children: options for Cameroon

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1465, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 161-180

  Vosti, Stephen A ^a   Kagin, Justin ^b   Engle Stone, Reina ^a   Luo, Hanqi ^a   Tarini, Ann ^c   Clermont, Adrienne ^d   Assiene, Jules Guintang ^e   Nankap, Martin ^f   Brown, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kagin s Consulting   (United States)

^c Ann Tarini International Public Health Consulting   (Canada)

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

^e HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; children; cost effectiveness; dietary intake; modeling; policy pathways; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; EDIBLE OIL; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFORTIFICATION; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CITY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAIZE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM IMPACT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CAMEROON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85086155627     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14275     Document Type: Article

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