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National control programme against nutritional blindness due to vitamin A deficiency: Current status & future strategy

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among 1-5 yr old children is reported to be widely prevalent in Southeast Asia and some parts of Africa. It is the leading cause of preventable blindness in young children in the low-income countries in the world. Children even with milder signs of VAD have higher risk of...

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Autor principal: Vijayaraghavan, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666976
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1781_18