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International Efforts to Eradicate Vitamin A Deficiency

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Achieving food security of macronutrients and micronutrients is of paramount concern, both for humanitarian and security reasons.

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  1. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Linden Dr, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Sherry A. Tanumihardjo M.S., Ph.D. & Harold C. Furr M.N.S., Ph.D.

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Tanumihardjo, S.A., Furr, H.C. (2013). International Efforts to Eradicate Vitamin A Deficiency. In: Tanumihardjo, S. (eds) Carotenoids and Human Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-203-2_20

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