Impact of supplementing newborn infants with vitamin A on early infant mortality: Community based randomised trial in southern India

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7409, 2003, Pages 254-257

  Rahmathullah, Lakshmi ^a   Tielsch, James M ^b   Thulasiraj, R D ^c   Katz, Joanne ^b   Coles, Christian ^b   Devi, Sheela ^c   John, Rajeesh ^c   Prakash, Karthik ^c   Sadanand, A V ^c   Edwin, N ^d   Kamaraj, C ^d  

^a Aravind Centre for Women Children and Community Health   (India)

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

^c Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

^d MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0041627870     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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