Neonatal vitamin A supplementation for the prevention of mortality and morbidity in term neonates in low and middle income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Haider, Batool A ^a   Sharma, Renee ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ANEMIA; CINAHL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIARRHEA; EMBASE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDLINE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 85013759558     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006980.pub3     Document Type: Review

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