Vitamin A Deficiency - Health, Survival and Vision

Many studies over the past decade and a half have indicated that vitamin A status is an important determinant of health. The World Bank now estimates that vitamin A intervention programs are some of the most cost-effective health strategies globally. This new book, written by leading
investigators in the field, is the first to synthesize the many important studies to date. The authors identify and quantify the biological, clinical and public health impact of vitamin A deficiency on childhood growth, mortality and morbidity, including anemia and blindness. They deal with the
epidemiologic and biological basis of these findings, and with the prevention and treatment of these disorders, particularly of measles, diarrhea and xeorophthalmia. Alternative approaches to identifying individuals and populations in need of intervention, alternative strategies for improving
vitamin A and carotenoids, and the relationship between vitamin A and immunity are discussed. This comprehensive volume on a critically important and widespread nutritional deficiency will serve as a unique resource for nutritionists, physicians, public health workers and policy makers, and will be
especially relevant to clinicians and researchers in international health.

Summary

In much of the developing world, vitamin A deficiency is a serious public health problem. It was formerly known to blind half a million children each year but studies have established that it causes other diseases and kills even more young children than it blinds. This book gives account of vitamin A deficiency and its impact on world health.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred Sommer, Alfred (Professor of Ophthalmology Sommer, West Sommer, Sommer Alfred, Keith P. West, Keith P. (Associate Professor of International Health and Ophthalmology West, West Keith P.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.1996
• EAN: 9780195088243
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508824-3
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 241 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 779 g
• Assisted by: James A. Olson, A. Catharine Ross
• Illustrations: 8 pp colour plates, black and white photographs, line figures and tables
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Ophthalmology, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, MEDICAL / Nutrition, Ophthalmology, Dietetics & nutrition, Dietetics and nutrition, Paediatric medicine, Health systems & services, Health systems and services