Feasibility of using retinol-binding protein from capillary blood specimens to estimate serum retinol concentrations and the prevalence of vitamin a deficiency in low-resource settings

• Main Authors: Jonathan L. Gorstein, Omar Dary, Pongtorn, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Tim Quick, Emorn Wasanwisut
• Other Authors: University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Nursing
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19695
• Institution: Mahidol University

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a significant public health problem in many countries. While cost-effective interventions are available to control VAD, reliable information is needed to the track progress of control programmes. However, assessment of VAD is uncommon because current approaches are expe...