Effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute lower-respiratory-tract infections in young children in Brazil

The Lancet

Volumn 344, Issue 8917, 1994, Pages 228-231

  Barreto, M L ^a   Farenzena, G G ^a   Fiaccone, R L ^a   Santos, L M P ^a   Assis, A M O ^a   Araújo, M P N ^a   Santos, P A B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0028362553     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)92998-X     Document Type: Article

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