The impact of vitamin A supplementation in childhood on adult outcomes: An exploration of mechanisms, timing of exposure, and heterogeneous effects

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue , 2018, Pages 95-102

  Acharya, Yubraj ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effects; Early life; Human capital; Long term; Nepal; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; NUTRITION; VITAMIN; VITAMIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEPAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION STUDY; GOVERNMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

NEPAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042327539     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.02.003     Document Type: Article

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