Nutrition: Vitamin A supplementation-maternal and neonatal survival

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 190-192

  Christian, Parul ^a   West Jr , Keith P ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79953123491     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2011.31     Document Type: Article

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