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Article: Vitamin A or beta-carotene supplementation reduces but does not eliminate maternal night blindness in Nepal
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- The Journal of Nutrition
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright American Institute of Nutrition Sep 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Vitamin A or beta-Carotene Supplementation Reduces but Does Not Eliminate Maternal Night Blindness in Nepal 1
Parul Christian,2 Keith P. West, Jr., Subarna K. Khatry,* Joanne Katz, Steven LeClerq, Elizabeth Kimbrough Pradhan and Sharada Ram Shrestha*
ABSTRACT We investigated the effect of supplementing women weekly with 7000 (mu)g retinol equivalents as preformed vitamin A or beta-carotene vs. a placebo, on the incidence of night blindness during pregnancy and the postpartum period in the rural plains of Nepal. Over a period of ~3 y, ~29,000 women of child-bearing age, living in 171 wards that were randomized to one of the three supplements, contributed 9932 first pregnancies. A ...