Vitamin A supplementation in Indian children

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9892, 2013, Pages 591-592

  Mannar, Venkatesh ^a   Schultink, Werner ^b   Spahn, Kathy ^c  

^a Micronutrient Initative   (Canada)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

BLINDNESS; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85047687737     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61736-5     Document Type: Letter

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