Vitamin A supplementation and increased prevalence of childhood diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections

The Lancet

Volumn 342, Issue 8871, 1993, Pages 578-582

  Stansfield, S K ^a   Pierre Louis, M ^b   Augustin, A ^b   Lerebours, G ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Eye Care/Haiti ^*  (Haïti)

^c Institut haïten de l'enfance ^*  (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CARIBBEAN; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND STUDIES; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HAITI; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION PROGRAMS; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; YOUTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORTHOMOLECULAR THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0027257331     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)91410-N     Document Type: Article

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