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Maize meal fortification is associated with improved vitamin A and iron status in adolescents and reduced childhood anaemia in a food aid-dependent refugee populationAndrew Seal
Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Public Health Nutr 11:720-8. 2008..To assess changes in the Fe and vitamin A status of the population of Nangweshi refugee camp associated with the introduction of maize meal fortification...
Review of policies and guidelines on infant feeding in emergencies: common ground and gapsA Seal
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH
Disasters 25:136-48. 2001....
Iron and vitamin A deficiency in long-term African refugeesAndrew J Seal
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, WC1 1EH, UK
J Nutr 135:808-13. 2005..5 up to 66.2%. The high level of micronutrient deficiencies seen in long-term refugees argues in favor of further enhancements in food aid fortification and the strengthening of nutrition and public health programs...
Excess dietary iodine intake in long-term African refugeesAndrew J Seal
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Public Health Nutr 9:35-9. 2006..To assess the iodine status of long-term refugees dependent on international food aid and humanitarian assistance...
Low and deficient niacin status and pellagra are endemic in postwar AngolaAndrew J Seal
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 85:218-24. 2007..Outbreaks of pellagra were documented during the civil war in Angola, but no contemporary data on the incidence of pellagra or the prevalence of niacin deficiency were available...
Operational implications of using 2006 World Health Organization growth standards in nutrition programmes: secondary data analysisAndrew Seal
Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH
BMJ 334:733. 2007..To assess the implications of adopting the World Health Organization 2006 growth standards in combination with current diagnostic criteria in emergency and non-emergency child feeding programmes...
Quantitation of the niacin metabolites 1-methylnicotinamide and l-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide in random spot urine samples, by ion-pairing reverse-phase HPLC with UV detection, and the implications for the use of spot urine samples in the assessment oPaul I Creeke
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 817:247-53. 2005..This work illustrates the potential of spot urine sampling for niacin status assessment, but highlights the need for further validation prior to its use in field nutritional surveys...
Whole blood NAD and NADP concentrations are not depressed in subjects with clinical pellagraPaul I Creeke
Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
J Nutr 137:2013-7. 2007..In contrast, spot urine sample 2-PYR and 1-MN concentrations, relative to creatinine, were a sensitive and specific measure of deficiency...
