Night blindness of pregnancy in rural Nepal--nutritional and health risks
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Night blindness of pregnancy in rural Nepal--nutritional and health risks.
BACKGROUND Night blindness (XN) is the most common clinical symptom of vitamin A deficiency among children in developing countries. Yet little is known about the aetiology or associated risks of maternal XN. Emerging evidence from South East Asia suggests that it may be more frequent than previously thought in women of reproductive age, especially during pregnancy. METHODS A population-based,...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.2.231