Supplementing newborn infants with vitamin A reduces mortality at age 6 months

Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-32

  Rahmathullah, L ^d   Tielsch, J M ^a   Thulasiraj, R D ^d   Bloem, Martin W ^b   Osrin, David ^c  

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

^b Helen Keller Worlwide   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

BLINDNESS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 3142773388     PISSN: 14629410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehbc.2003.12.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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