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Universal Vitamin A supplementation programme in India: The need for a re-look [1]

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Vitamin A is an essential nutrient needed in small amounts for normal functioning of the visual system, growth and development, maintenance of epithelial cellular integrity, immune function and reproduction.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Umesh Kapil [2], H. P. S. Sachdev [3]
National Medical Journal of India [4]
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Tags:
Nutrition [5], India [6], Health Policy [7], Health Effects [8], Child Health [9], Blindness [10], Health [11]

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