Journal of Ophthalmic Science
Open Access
Ocular Manifestations of Vitamin A Deficiency Among the Rural Pre-School Children of North India
Dec 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-15-818
Nimmathota ArlappaCorresponding author
Purpose: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is still a major nutritional problem of public health importance among the rural pre-school children in India, even after the implementation national vitamin A prophylaxis programme for prevention of nutritional blindness and ICDS have been in operation for more t…