Efficacy of early neonatal supplementation with vitamin A to reduce mortality in infancy in Haryana, India (Neovita): A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9975, 2015, Pages 1333-1342

  Mazumder, Sarmila ^a   Taneja, Sunita ^a   Bhatia, Kiran ^a   Yoshida, Sachiyo ^c   Kaur, Jasmine ^a   Dube, Brinda ^a   Toteja, G S ^b   Bahl, Rajiv ^c   Fontaine, Olivier ^c   Martines, Jose ^d   Bhandari, Nita ^a  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; DRUG COMBINATION; MICROCAPSULE; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CRYING; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE INFECTION; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; JAUNDICE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROCAPSULE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

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

EID: 84926523619     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60891-6     Document Type: Article

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