Vitamin A supplements in newborns and child survival

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7658, 2008, Pages 1385-1386

  Tielsch, James M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; RETINOL; TETANUS TOXOID;

AFRICA; ASIAN; EDITORIAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDONESIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; NIGHT BLINDNESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZIMBABWE;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 46749139202     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39575.486609.80     Document Type: Editorial

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