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Inequitable coverage of vitamin A supplementation in Nigeria and implications for childhood blindness
BACKGROUND: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is of major public health significance; it is a risk factor for childhood deaths from diarrhoea and measles in low and middle-income countries and an important cause of preventable childhood blindness in low income countries. Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) is...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6408825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30849959 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6413-1 |