Vitamin a Deficiency: Health, Survival, and Vision

by Keith P. West, West Sommer, A. Catharine Ross, et al.

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 leading investigators 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195088247
• ISBN13: 9780195088243
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.2"