Vitamin A supplementation and health outcomes for children in Nepal

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Grubesic, Ruth B ^a,c   Selwyn, B J ^b  

^a TX Woman's Univ College of Nursing   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Nepal; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEPAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0037672758     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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