Premature abandonment of global vitamin A supplementation programmes is not prudent!

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 297-299

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b   Baker, Shawn K ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; RETINOL; ZINC;

BLINDNESS; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROPHTHALMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; TRENDS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

CHILD MORTALITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84924589031     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu274     Document Type: Note

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