Dietary vitamin a intake, coverage of vitamin a megadose supplementation, and prevalence of vitamin a deficiency among marginalized children 6–59 months in anganwadis of Chandigarh: A multistage cluster sampling survey

Dietary vitamin a intake, coverage of vitamin a megadose supplementation, and prevalence of vitamin a deficiency among marginalized children 6–59 months in anganwadis of Chandigarh: A multistage cluster sampling survey

Background: Lack of recent local data regarding Vitamin A deficiency, dietary intake, and coverage of biannual high-dose Vitamin A prophylaxis among marginalized children poses challenges for policy change. Objective: Our study aimed to evaluate the burden of serum Vitamin A deficiency, dietary Vita...

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Main Authors: Rohit Yadav, Ajay Patial, Bhavneet Bharti, Savita Verma Attri, Prateek Bhatia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
children
deficiency
dietary intake
prevalence
retinol
vitamin a
Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2021;volume=46;issue=4;spage=692;epage=696;aulast=Yadav

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