Night blindness during pregnancy and subsequent mortality among women in Nepal: Effects of vitamin A and β-carotene supplementation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 542-547

  Christian, Parul ^a   West Jr , Keith P ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^b   Kimbrough Pradhan, Elizabeth ^a   LeClerq, Steven C ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Shrestha, Sharada Ram ^b   Dali, Sanu M ^b   Sommer, Alfred ^a  

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

^b Society for Prevention of Blindness   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Maternal death; Night blindness; Pregnancy; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLEMTATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MICRONUTRIENTS; MORTALITY; NEPAL; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS--WOMEN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

NEPAL;

EID: 0034666266     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.6.542     Document Type: Article

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