Vitamin A Supplementation and Child Mortality: A Meta-analysis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 898-903

  Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Chalmers, Thomas C ^a   Herrera, M Guillermo ^a   Mosteller, Frederick ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MEASLES; META ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MEASLES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0027461524     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500070078033     Document Type: Article

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