Estimating the proportion of vitamin A deficiency among children aged 6 months to 5 years

Estimating the proportion of vitamin A deficiency among children aged 6 months to 5 years

Abstract (Vitamin A deficiency VAD is the leading cause of preventable blindness among children and increases the risk of disease and death from severe infections according to the Word Health Organization. In this study, estimates of the proportion of a vitamin A deficiency among children aged 6 mon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gulles, Allan A.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008.
Subjects:
Vitamin A deficiency in children > Philippines > Statistics.
Children > Nutrition > Philippines.
Nutrition disorders in children > Philippines.
Children > Diseases > Nutritional aspects > Philippines.
Blindness in children > Philippines.