Effect of neonatal vitamin A supplementation on mortality in infants in Tanzania (Neovita): A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9975, 2015, Pages 1324-1332

  Masanja, Honorati ^a   Smith, Emily R ^b   Muhihi, Alfa ^c   Briegleb, Christina ^b   Mshamu, Salum ^c   Ruben, Julia ^b   Noor, Ramadhani Abdallah ^b,c   Khudyakov, Polyna ^b   Yoshida, Sachiyo ^d   Martines, Jose ^d   Bahl, Rajiv ^d   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c African Academy for Public Health   (Tanzania)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; DRUG COMBINATION; MICROCAPSULE; RETINOL PALMITATE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TANZANIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MICROCAPSULE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CAPSULES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 84926522559     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61731-1     Document Type: Article

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