Validation of the Use of Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Method to Assess Vitamin A Status

Background: Vitamin A deficiency is an important dietary deficiency in the world. Thus, the ne-cessity of screening for deficient populations is obvious. This paper introduces a fast, cheap and relatively reliable method called “dried blood spot” (DBS) method in screening the deficient populations....

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Main Authors: Elham Fallah, Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2012-12-01
Series:Health Promotion Perspectives
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Online Access:http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/HPP/Manuscript/HPP-2-180.pdf