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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...
Autores principales: | Awasthi, Shally, Peto, Richard, Read, Simon, Clark, Sarah, Pande, Vinod, Bundy, Donald, the DEVTA (Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A) team |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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