Effects of vitamin A supplementation on child mortality: Evidence from Nepal's 2001 Demographic and Health Survey

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 782-789

  Thapa, Shyam ^a,b   Choe, Minja Kim ^b   Retherford, Robert D ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Nepal; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

CHILD MORTALITY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEPAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEPAL; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN A;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23244438379     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01448.x     Document Type: Review

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