Effect of vitamin A supplementation on cause-specific mortality in women of reproductive age in Ghana: A secondary analysis from the ObaapaVitA trial;Effet de la supplémentation en vitamine A sur la mortalité relative chez les femmes en âge de procréer au Ghana: Une analyse secondaire de l'étude ObaapaVitA

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

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

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

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY; VITAMIN; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CAPSULE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT;

BRONG-AHAFO; GHANA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871890240     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.100412     Document Type: Article

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