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The Vitamin A Story : Lifting the Shadow of Death

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This 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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: ., 2012

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English

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9783318021882

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Science / Life Sciences / Biochemistry
Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition
Medical / Ophthalmology

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Taufik

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