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Vitamin A and public health: challenges for the next decade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

David A. Ross
David A. Ross*
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Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WClE 7HT, UK
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Corresponding author: Dr D. A. Ross, fax + 255 68 500742, email [email protected]
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 159 - 165
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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