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Phasing out of the Universal Mega Dose of Vitamin-A Prophylaxis to Avoid Toxicity

Childhood blindness due to corneal ulceration was prevalent among poor Indian children. To tackle this situation, the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India, Vitamin-A (Vit-A) prophylaxis programme was launched nationally in 1970 after field testing. Research of Indian Council for M...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharya, Sudip, Singh, Amarjeet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AIMS Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5963117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29922701
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2017.1.38