Reduced Mortality among Children in Southern India Receiving a Small Weekly Dose of Vitamin A
- 4 October 1990
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 323 (14), 929-935
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199010043231401
Abstract
Clinical vitamin A deficiency affects millions of children worldwide, and subclinical deficiency is even more common. Supplemental vitamin A has been reported to reduce mortality among these children, but the results have been questioned.Keywords
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