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HSS and AVK are recipients of the Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology India Alliance Clinical/Public Health Research Centre Grant # IA/CRC/19/1/610006.
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Sachdev, H.S., Reddy, G.B., Pullakhandam, R. et al. Flawed analyses and historical data inflate vitamin A deficiency in India to misdirect policy. Eur J Clin Nutr 77, 138–139 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01164-9
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