Journal of Nutrition Vol. 30 No. 1 July 1945, pp. 11-15
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Biomicroscopy of the Eyes in Evaluation of Nutritional Status. Conjunctival Changes1
R. K. Anderson and
D. F. Milam
North Carolina State Board of Health and Duke University School of Medicine, Durham
In a nutrition survey of a population group numbering 1,010, no correlation was observed between the severity and incidence of conjunctival changes detected with the slit lamp, and the level of vitamin A in the diet or in the blood plasma.
The frequency and severity of conjunctival changes were greater in the Negro than in the white.
1 The studies and observations on which this paper is based were conducted with the support and under the auspices of the International Health Division of The Rockefeller Foundation in cooperation with the North Carolina State Board of Health and Duke University School of Medicine.
Manuscript received 8 February 1945.