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

• Main Authors: Gretchen A Stevens, DSc (Author), James E Bennett, PhD (Author), Quentin Hennocq, MSc (Author), Yuan Lu, DSc (Author), Luz Maria De-Regil, DSc (Author), Lisa Rogers, PhD (Author), Goodarz Danaei, MD (Author), Guangquan Li, PhD (Author), Richard A White, PhD (Author), Seth R Flaxman, BA (Author), Sean-Patrick Oehrle, BA (Author), Mariel M Finucane, PhD (Author), Ramiro Guerrero, MSc (Author), Prof. Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD (Author), Amarilis Then-Paulino, MD (Author), Prof. Wafaie Fawzi, MBBS (Author), Prof. Robert E Black, MD (Author), Prof. Majid Ezzati, FMedSci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: 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. M...