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005 20191128
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100 1 $aSemba, Richard D.$4edt
700 1 $aSemba, Richard D.$4oth
245 10 $aThe Vitamin A Story : Lifting the Shadow of Death
260 $bKarger$c20120101
506 0 $aOpen Access$2star$fUnrestricted online access
520 $aThis book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem.
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653 $aMedicine & Public Health
653 $aNutrition
653 $aOphthalmology
653 $aBiochemistry
653 $aHistory of Medicine
653 $aPediatrics
653 $aPublic Health
653 $aSocial Medicine
653 $aVitamins
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