Vitamin a deficiency, child health, and survival

Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 484-485

  Sommer, Alfred ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030963931     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(97)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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