Methodological approaches estimating global and regional prevalences of vitamin and mineral deficiencies: report on the Joint World Health Organization/US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Technical Consultation, Atlanta, USA 7-9 December 2010

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• Corporate Authors:
  World Health Organization. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  The World Health Organization (WHO) Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS), formerly known as the Micronutrient Deficiency Information System (MDIS), was established in 1991 following a request by the World Health Assembly to “establish, as part of the health and nutrition monitoring system, a micronutrient monitoring and evaluation system capable of assessing the magnitude and distribution of vitamin A and iron deficiency.
  
  Suggested citation: WHO/CDC. Methodological approaches to estimating global and regional prevalences of vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Report on the Joint World Health Organization/US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Technical Consultation. Atlanta, USA, 7–9 December 2010. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014.
  
  ISBN 978 92 4 150688 5
  
  9789241506885_eng.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aged Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Databases, Factual Female Global Health Health Surveys Hemoglobins/analysis Humans Male Nutrition Assessment Pregnancy Prevalence Trace Elements/administration & Dosage Vitamins/administration & Dosage

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• Document Type:
  Report
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha256:8cd0e8c29f83bb49dd9aa3b9792a103df7f0aaac60812403154833f32a87ec7b
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