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Control of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia : report of a Joint WHO/UNICEF/USAID/Helen Keller International/IVACG, Meeting held in Jakarta from 13 to 17 October 1980/



70 Pages; Figures ; Illustrations ; Tables: 20 cm. - (World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 672 ) Content notes : 1. Introduction -- 2. Recent advances in the biochemistry of vitamin A and carotenoids -- 3. Interrelationships of vitamin A deficiency, protein-energy malnutrition and infections -- 4. Assessment of vitamin A status -- 5. Global occurrence of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia -- 6. Treatment and prophylaxis schedules -- 7. Control of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia -- 8. Research -- 9. References

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