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SynthesisJournal of nutritional science2021

Micronutrient's deficiency in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

U Venkatesh, Akash Sharma, Velmurugan A Ananthan, Padmavathi Subbiah, R Durga, CSIR Summer Research training team

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Synthesis in Journal of nutritional science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

U VenkateshDepartment of Community Medicine & Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8059-9364
Akash SharmaRush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6822-4946
Velmurugan A AnanthanDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2977-8484
Padmavathi SubbiahModel Rural Health Research Unit, ICMR-NIE, Kallur, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
R DurgaDepartment of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India.
CSIR Summer Research training team

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

India is coming to grips with a stage of nutrition transition. According to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), preventable micronutrient deficiency is arising public health precedence in India. However, the foremost public health concern is the lack of national prevalence data. The present study was carried out to estimate the pooled age-wise prevalence of six preventable micronutrient deficiencies (vitamin A, vitamin B

Indexed as

Vitamin B 12VitaminsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansIndiaInfantPregnancyVitamin AVitamin DVitamin AVitamin B 12Vitamin DVitaminsCI, confidence intervalIDD, iodine deficiency disordersIodine deficiencyIron deficiencyMeta-analysisMicronutrient deficiencyNFHS, National Family Health SurveyVAD, vitamin A deficiencyVDD, vitamin D deficiencyVitamin A deficiencyVitamin B12 deficiencyVitamin D deficiencyWHO, World Health Organization

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PMID35059191
PMCPMC8727714

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