Handbook of Vitamin A

"Let us put sustainable efforts for the elimination of Nutritional Blindness from the globe". Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is the most important cause of preventable childhood nutritional blindness among vulnerable children in the world. VAD also contributes significantly to childhood morbidity and mortality from various infectious diseases particularly from diarrhea, measles, and respiratory infections. This Handbook provides comprehensive information about the sources for Vitamin A, causes for its deficiency, its adverse ocular manifestations, and sustainable strategies for prevention and control of vitamin A deficiency among vulnerable populations. This handbook is useful to the readers like nutritionists, public health persons and academicians.

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O Dr. N. Arlappa completou o MBBS e o MD (Medicina Comunitária). Trabalha como Cientista de Nutrição no Instituto Nacional de Nutrição (NIN), Conselho Indiano de Investigação Médica, Hyderabad, Índia. Tem 20 anos de experiência de investigação no domínio da nutrição em saúde pública e publicou mais de 60 artigos científicos.