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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Homescience, Queen Mary's College (Autonomous), Chennai - 600 004, IN
2 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 42, No 6 (2005), Pagination: 259-265
Abstract
Micro nutrient deficiency is a serious public health concern in most of the developing countries. Those which are of greatest public health significance include iron deficiency, vitamin A deficiency and iodine deficiency disorders. Lack of vitamin A has left upto 40 per cent of children less than five years old in the developing world with compromised immune system leading to the early deaths of one million young children every year.
