Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys

Vitamin A deficiency is a risk factor for blindness and for mortality from measles and diarrhoea in children aged 6–59 months. We aimed to estimate trends in the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency between 1991 and 2013 and its mortality burden in low-income and middle-income countries. We collated 1...

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Published in:	The Lancet global health Vol. 3; no. 9; pp. e528 - e536
Main Authors:	Stevens, Gretchen A, Bennett, James E, Hennocq, Quentin, Lu, Yuan, De-Regil, Luz Maria, Rogers, Lisa, Danaei, Goodarz, Li, Guangquan, White, Richard A, Flaxman, Seth R, Oehrle, Sean-Patrick, Finucane, Mariel M, Guerrero, Ramiro, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Then-Paulino, Amarilis, Fawzi, Wafaie, Black, Robert E, Ezzati, Majid
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2015 Elsevier
Subjects:	Bayes Theorem Child Child Mortality - trends Child, Preschool Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Infant Internal Medicine Prevalence Vitamin A Deficiency - epidemiology Vitamin A Deficiency - mortality
ISSN:	2214-109X, 2214-109X
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