Conflicting evidence for neonatal vitamin A supplementation

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 4111-4112

  Benn, Christine Stabell ^a,b   Fisker, Ane Bærent ^a,b   Jørgensen, Mathias Jul ^a,b   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Low income countries; Vaccines; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT MORTALITY; LETTER; MEASLES; NEWBORN CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 47149116871     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.04.021     Document Type: Letter

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