Randomized controlled safety and efficacy trial of 2 vitamin A supplementation schedules in Tanzanian infants

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1312-1319

  Idindili, Boniphace ^a   Masanja, Honarati ^a   Urassa, Honorathy ^a   Bunini, Wilbert ^b   Van Jaarsveld, Paul ^c   Aponte, John J ^d,e   Kahigwa, Elizeus ^a   Mshinda, Hassan ^a   Ross, David ^f   Schellenberg, David M ^a,d,f  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Infants; Safety; Supplementation; Tanzania; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIDEHYDRORETINYL ACETATE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RETINOL PALMITATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EAR INFECTION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PALLOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RHINORRHEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLENOMEGALY; TACHYPNEA; TANZANIA; THRUSH; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

EID: 34248372480     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.5.1312     Document Type: Article

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