TY - JOUR
T1 - Delivery Of Oral Doses Of Vitamin A To Prevent Vitamin A Deficiency And Nutritional Blindness
AU - West, Keith P.
AU - Sommer, Alfred
N1 - Funding Information:
82. Annual Report, January 1-December 31, 1982, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad 500 007, India, 1983.
Funding Information:
This paper was prepared under Cooperative Agreement No. 0267 between the International Center for Epidemiologic and Preventive Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University, and the Office of Nutrition, Bureau for Science and Technology, United States Agency for International Development.
Funding Information:
47. V. N. Patwardhan, W. W. Kamel, and H. Pharon, "Studies on vitamin A deficiency in infants and young children in Jordan. Part II: A pilot trial of vitamin A prophylaxis in Jordanian infants," United States Public Health Research Grant AM-06735, Jordan, February 1965-August 1966.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - Approximately 8 to 10 million new cases of xerophthalmia due to vitamin A deficiency occur each year, with as many as % to 1 million children developing potentially blinding corneal disease. While vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of blindness among children in developing countries, even milder states of deficiency carry an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, making its prevention a major public health priority. Three basic preventive strategies exist: (1) dietary modification through a variety of horticultural and nutrition education techniques to increase the routine availability and consumption of food sources of vitamin A, (2) fortification of a centrally processed, locally available and consumed food.
AB - Approximately 8 to 10 million new cases of xerophthalmia due to vitamin A deficiency occur each year, with as many as % to 1 million children developing potentially blinding corneal disease. While vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of blindness among children in developing countries, even milder states of deficiency carry an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, making its prevention a major public health priority. Three basic preventive strategies exist: (1) dietary modification through a variety of horticultural and nutrition education techniques to increase the routine availability and consumption of food sources of vitamin A, (2) fortification of a centrally processed, locally available and consumed food.
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U2 - 10.1080/87559128509540774
DO - 10.1080/87559128509540774
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84888277493
VL - 1
SP - 355
EP - 418
JO - Food Reviews International
JF - Food Reviews International
SN - 8755-9129
IS - 2
ER -