Effect on infant illness of maternal supplementation with 400 000 IU vs 200 000 IU of vitamin A

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fernandes, Taciana Fernanda Dos Santos ^a   Figueiroa, José Natal ^b   De Arruda, Ilma Kruze Grande ^a   Diniz, Alcides Da Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b IMIP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Illness; Infants; Northeast Brazil; Randomized clinical trial; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NAUSEA; OTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TRIPLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VOMITING; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 84859408781     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0119     Document Type: Article

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