Vitamin A supplementation in Indian children

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9892, 2013, Pages 592-

  Habicht, Jean Pierre ^a   Victora, Cesar ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

DOCUMENTATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84882280675     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61739-0     Document Type: Letter

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