Prevalence and correlates of prenatal vitamin A deficiency in rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia.

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Published in J Health Popul Nutr on June 01, 2013

Authors

Samson Gebremedhin Gebreselassie1, Fikre Enquselassie Gase, Melaku Umeta Deressa

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public and Environmental Health, Hawassa University, PO Box 12485, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2School of Public Health, 3School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. samsongmgs@yahoo.com

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