3 结果
Women of reproductive age and young children are especially vulnerable to micronutrient deficiencies which may lead to life-long disabilities. In Haiti, deficiencies in micronutrients such as iron, zinc, and vitamin A, are likely prevalent, but recent national estimates of the burden are not
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and is associated with a higher risk of under five mortality. Approximately 250,000 to 500,000 children in developing countries become blind each year owing to vitamin A deficiency, with the highest prevalence in South
BACKGROUND:
The Normative Aging Study (NAS) is a multidisciplinary longitudinal study of aging established by the Veterans Adminstration in 1963. Six thousand male volunteers from the Greater Boston area were screened for acceptance into the study according to laboratory, clinical, radiologic and