1. Assessment of vitamin A deficiency in the Republic of Djibouti.
- Author
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Resnikoff S, Filliard G, Carlier C, Luzeau R, and Amédée-Manesme O
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Cytological Techniques, Djibouti epidemiology, Humans, Night Blindness epidemiology, Prevalence, Rural Population, Sampling Studies, Urban Population, Vitamin A blood, Xerophthalmia pathology, Vitamin A Deficiency epidemiology, Xerophthalmia epidemiology
- Abstract
In a countrywide survey, we assessed the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency by clinical examination and impression cytology with transfer method (ICT) in a randomized sample of 2445 subjects representative of the population of the Republic of Djibouti. A plasma retinol determination was made on a part of this sample. Results lead to believe that serious vitamin A deficiency may periodically occur in Republic of Djibouti when nutritional conditions become poor. Meanwhile a large number of children, mostly in the rural area, have a marginal vitamin A status and are exposed to a high level of risk.
- Published
- 1992