Vitamin A supplementation every 6 months with retinol in 1 million pre-school children in north India: DEVTA, a cluster-randomised trial

BACKGROUND: In north India, vitamin A deficiency (retinol <0·70 μmol/L) is common in pre-school children and 2–3% die at ages 1·0–6·0 years. We aimed to assess whether periodic vitamin A supplementation could reduce this mortality. METHODS: Participants in this cluster-randomised trial were pre-s...

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Autores principales: Awasthi, Shally, Peto, Richard, Read, Simon, Clark, Sarah, Pande, Vinod, Bundy, Donald, the DEVTA (Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A) team
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23498849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62125-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23498849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62125-4

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