Vitamin A supplementation and maternal mortality

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9727, 2010, Pages 1675-1677

  Costello, Anthony ^a   Osrin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 77952111036     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60443-6     Document Type: Note

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