Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-21

  Haidar, J ^a   Tsegaye, D ^a   Mariam, D H ^b   Tibeb, H N ^c   Muroki, N M ^d  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Amhara Development Association   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SAMPLING STUDIES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0037664418     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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