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Dietary Vitamin A Intake, Coverage of Vitamin A Megadose Supplementation, and Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency among Marginalized Children 6–59 Months in Anganwadis of Chandigarh: A Multistage Cluster Sampling Survey

BACKGROUND: Lack of recent local data regarding Vitamin A deficiency, dietary intake, and coverage of biannual high-dose Vitamin A prophylaxis among marginalized children poses challenges for policy change. OBJECTIVE: Our study aimed to evaluate the burden of serum Vitamin A deficiency, dietary Vita...

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Autores principales: Yadav, Rohit, Patial, Ajay, Bharti, Bhavneet, Attri, Savita Verma, Bhatia, Prateek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8729264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35068736
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_650_20