Effect of vitamin A supplementation on childhood morbidity and mortality

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 259-264

  Chowdhury, S ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Ganguly, N K ^a   Kumar, L ^a   Walia, B N S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MEASLES; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICKENPOX; COMORBIDITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036627945     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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