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The impact of different doses of vitamin A supplementation on male and female mortality. A randomised trial from Guinea-Bissau
BACKGROUND: Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) given to children between 6 months and 5 years of age is known to reduce mortality in low-income countries. We have previously observed that girls benefit more from a lower dose of VAS than the one recommended by WHO, the effect being strongest if diphther...
Autores principales: | Yakymenko, Dorthe, Benn, Christine S, Martins, Cesario, Diness, Birgitte R, Fisker, Ane B, Rodrigues, Amabelia, Aaby, Peter |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21884606 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-11-77 |
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