High-dose vitamin A with vaccination after 6 months of age: A randomized trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e739-e748

  Fisker, Ane B ^a,b,c   Bale, Carlito ^a   Rodrigues, Amabelia ^a   Balde, Ibraima ^a   Fernandes, Manuel ^a   Jørgensen, Mathias J ^b   Danneskiold Samsøe, Niels ^b   Hornshøj, Linda ^a   Rasmussen, Julie ^a   Christensen, Emil D ^a   Bibby, Bo M ^c   Aaby, Peter ^a,b   Benn, Christine S ^a,b,d  

^a Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Randomized controlled trial; Vaccinations; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ACCIDENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TETANUS; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YELLOW FEVER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; VACCINATIONS; VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VACCINATIONS; VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION;

DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; MORTALITY; VACCINATION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84907189550     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0550     Document Type: Article

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