Effect of vitamin A supplementation on childhood morbidity and mortality: Critical review of Indian studies

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1099-1118

  Gupta, Piyush ^a,b   Indrayan, Abhaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Randomized controlled trial; Review; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDLINE; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0036917058     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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