Massive dose vitamin A programme in India - Need for a targeted approach

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 138, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages 411-417

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Sachdev, H P S ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Massive dose; Serum retinol; Supplementation; VAD; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IRON; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROPHTHALMIA; ZINC DEFICIENCY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BITOT SPOT; BULGING FONTANEL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; EYE DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNIZATION; KERATOMALACIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALNUTRITION; MASSIVE DOSE VITAMIN A PROGRAM; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL BLINDNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SKULL DEFECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIC BLINDNESS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; INFANT; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84885029341     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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