Vitamin A deficiency and some risk factors among young children and lactating women in Red River Delta area in 1998
- Author:
Ninh Xuan Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vitamin A
- MeSH:
Vitamin A;
child;
Vitamin A Deficiency;
risk factors;
women
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
1999;9(3):17-23
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Vitamin A (VA) status was assessed in young children and lactating women in Red River Delta area. Results showed that pre-clinical VA deficiency rate, expressed by low level of retinol in serum and in milk is very frequent (10.8% in children, and 56.3% in lactating women) and was at, severity degree according to the IVACG/WHO classification. Low levels of VA and lipid in the dietary intake are a major cause of VA deficiency in the rural community in Vietnam
