The impact of vitamin A supplementation on mortality inequalities among children in Nepal

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-66

  Bishai, David ^a,d,e   Kumar, K C Samir ^b,f   Waters, Hugh ^a,g   Koenig, Michael ^a,h   Katz, Joanne ^a,g   Khatry, Subarna K ^c   West Jr , Keith P ^a,g  

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

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Nepal Eye Hospital   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Health equity; Nepal; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 14644424606     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czi007     Document Type: Article

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