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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.

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1 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  Gretchen A Stevens, DSc, James E Bennett, PhD, Quentin Hennocq, MSc, Yuan Lu, DSc, Luz Maria De-Regil, DSc, Lisa Rogers, PhD, Goodarz Danaei, MD, Guangquan Li, PhD, Richard A White, PhD, Seth R Flaxman, BA, Sean-Patrick Oehrle, BA, Mariel M Finucane, PhD, Ramiro Guerrero, MSc, Prof Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD, Amarilis Then-Paulino, MD, Prof Wafaie Fawzi, MBBS, Prof Robert E Black, MD, Prof Majid Ezzati, FMedSci  The Lancet Global Health  Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages e528-e536 (September 2015) DOI: /S X(15)00039-X Copyright © 2015 World Health Organization Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Number of data sources used in the analysis, by country
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3 Figure 2 The posterior probability that vitamin A deficiency decreased from 1991 to 2013 VAD=vitamin A deficiency. The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e528-e536DOI: ( /S X(15)00039-X) Copyright © 2015 World Health Organization Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Estimated prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in children aged 6 to 59 months by country in 2013 (A) and the posterior standard deviation (analogous to standard error in non-Bayesian analysis) of the estimates (B) The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e528-e536DOI: ( /S X(15)00039-X) Copyright © 2015 World Health Organization Terms and Conditions


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