TY  - BOOK
AU  - Semba,R.D.
TI  - The Vitamin A Story: Lifting the Shadow of Death 
SN  - 9783318021899
PB  - Karger
KW  - Science / Life Sciences / Biochemistry
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition
KW  - Medical / Ophthalmology
KW  - Science
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - This book shows how vitamin A deficiency â€" before the vitamin was known to scientists â€" 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
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/9612f290-e5c9-483b-851a-a732c0e5122c
ER  -