Malnourished children morbidity following vitamin A supplementation or deworming in Democratic Republic of Congo

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 109-124

  Donnen, Ph ^a   Dramaix, M ^a   Brasseur, D ^b   Zihindula, Mweze ^c   Muhamiriza, Mbasha ^c   Hennart, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c Ctr Rech Sci Naturelles   (Congo)

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