Association of vitamin A deficiency with early childhood stunting in Uganda: A population-based cross-sectional study

Despite the high prevalence of childhood protein-energy malnutrition and vitamin A deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, their association has not been explored in this region. A better understanding of the epidemiologic link could help define effective preventive strategies. We aimed to explore the ass...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 15; no. 5; p. e0233615
Main Authors:	Ssentongo, Paddy, Ba, Djibril M., Ssentongo, Anna E., Fronterre, Claudio, Whalen, Andrew, Yang, Yanxu, Ericson, Jessica E., Chinchilli, Vernon M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 29.05.2020 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Age Agricultural land Agriculture Biology and Life Sciences Child, Preschool Childhood Children Children & youth Complications and side effects Cross-Sectional Studies Datasets Engineering Epidemiology Farmlands Growing season Growth disorders Growth Disorders - complications Growth Disorders - epidemiology Health aspects Health sciences Humans Infant Livestock Livestock farming Malnutrition Medical schools Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Mortality Nutrient deficiency Nutrition Nutritional status Odds Ratio Pediatric research People and Places Physical sciences Population Population density Population studies Population-based studies Preschool children Prevalence Protein-energy malnutrition Public health Retinene Risk factors Supplementation Supplements Thinness - complications Thinness - epidemiology Uganda - epidemiology Underweight Vitamin A Vitamin A deficiency Vitamin A Deficiency - complications Vitamin A Deficiency - epidemiology Vitamin deficiency Wasting Syndrome - complications Wasting Syndrome - epidemiology Uganda United States > US Africa Pennsylvania Indonesia
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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