Cost-effectiveness of "golden mustard" for treating vitamin A deficiency in India.

BACKGROUND: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is an important nutritional problem in India, resulting in an increased risk of severe morbidity and mortality. Periodic, high-dose vitamin A supplementation is the WHO-recommended method to prevent VAD, since a single dose can compensate for reduced dietary in...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Chow, Eili Y Klein, Ramanan Laxminarayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2919400?pdf=render