TY - JOUR TI - Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: A pooled analysis of population-based surveys PB - Elsevier PY - 2015 issn 2214109X AB - Background Vitamin A defi ciency is a risk factor for blindness and for mortality from measles and diarrhoea in children aged 6–59 months. We aimed to estimate trends in the prevalence of vitamin A defi ciency between 1991 and 2013 and its mortality burden in low-income and middle-income countries. KW - Ciencias socio biomédicas KW - Medical sciences KW - Proteína UR - http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/82695 ER -