Integration of vitamin A supplementation with the expanded program on immunization does not affect seroconversion to oral poliovirus vaccine in infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2203-2205

  Semba, Richard D ^e   Muhilal, ^a   Mohgaddam, Nasrin E G ^b   Munasir, Zakiuddin ^c   Akib, Arwin ^c   Permaesih, Dewi ^a   Muherdiyantiningsih, ^a   Osterhaus, Albert ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization; Infants; Poliovirus; Vaccine; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDONESIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEROCONVERSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032751550     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.12.2203     Document Type: Article

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