Vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in children from six months to five years of age

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Volumn 2017, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Imdad, Aamer ^a   Mayo Wilson, Evan ^b   Herzer, Kurt ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VITAMIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEDLINE; MENINGITIS; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; XEROPHTHALMIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLICATION; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; VOMITING;

EID: 85014878741     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008524.pub3     Document Type: Article

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