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Cassava Intake and Vitamin A Status among Women and Preschool Children in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: As part of the HarvestPlus provitamin A-biofortified cassava program in Nigeria we conducted a survey to determine the cassava intake and prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among children 6-59 months and women of childbearing age in the state of Akwa Ibom. METHODS: A cluster-randomized c...

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Autores principales: De Moura, Fabiana F., Moursi, Mourad, Lubowa, Abdelrahman, Ha, Barbara, Boy, Erick, Oguntona, Babatunde, Sanusi, Rasaki A., Maziya-Dixon, Busie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4470824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26083382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129436