Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on cause-specific early and late infant mortality in rural Ghana: ObaapaVitA double-blind, cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Edmond, Karen ^a   Hurt, Lisa ^a   Fenty, Justin ^b   Amenga Etego, Seeba ^c   Zandoh, Charles ^c   Hurt, Chris ^d   Danso, Samuel ^c   Tawiah, Charlotte ^c   Hill, Zelee ^e   Ten Asbroek, Augustinus H A ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^c   Campbell, Oona ^a   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84857844445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000658     Document Type: Article

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