Vitamin A Deficiency: Health, Survival, and Vision

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Oxford University Press, 1996 - 438 pagine
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Many studies over the past decade and a half have indicated that vitamin A status is an important determinant of health. The World Bank now estimates that vitamin A intervention programs are some of the most cost-effective health strategies globally. This new book, written by leadinginvestigators in the field, is the first to synthesize the many important studies to date. The authors identify and quantify the biological, clinical and public health impact of vitamin A deficiency on childhood growth, mortality and morbidity, including anemia and blindness. They deal with theepidemiologic and biological basis of these findings, and with the prevention and treatment of these disorders, particularly of measles, diarrhea and xeorophthalmia. Alternative approaches to identifying individuals and populations in need of intervention, alternative strategies for improvingvitamin A and carotenoids, and the relationship between vitamin A and immunity are discussed. This comprehensive volume on a critically important and widespread nutritional deficiency will serve as a unique resource for nutritionists, physicians, public health workers and policy makers, and will beespecially relevant to clinicians and researchers in international health.
 

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Sommario

Historical Development
3
Diarrhea
65
Measles
71
Urinary Tract Infection
82
Child Survival 19
89
Xerophthalmia and Keratomalacia
99
Anemia and Iron Metabolism
150
Growth
163
The Relationship between Immunocompetence and Vitamin A Status
251
Treatment of Vitamin A Deficiency and Xerophthalmia
277
Assessment of Vitamin A Status
299
Epidemiology of Deficiency
335
Dietary Intervention
355
Efficacy of Dietary Interventions
363
Effectiveness of Dietary Interventions
373
Supplementation
388

Contributory and Precipitating Events
191
Biochemistry of Vitamin A and Carotenoids
221

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Informazioni sull'autore (1996)

Alfred Sommer is at The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Keith P. West is at The Johns Hopkins University.

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