Vitamin A deficiency and child survival in sub-Saharan Africa: a reappraisal of challenges and opportunities.

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Published in Food Nutr Bull on December 01, 2005

Authors

Victor M Aguayo1, Shawn K Baker

Author Affiliations

1: UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal. vaguayo@unicef.org

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