Neonatal vitamin A supplementation associated with a cluster of deaths and poor early growth in a randomised trial among low-birth-weight boys of vitamin A versus oral polio vaccine at birth

BACKGROUND: The effect of oral polio vaccine administered already at birth (OPV0) on child survival was not examined before being recommended in 1985. Observational data suggested that OPV0 was harmful for boys, and trials have shown that neonatal vitamin A supplementation (NVAS) at birth may be ben...

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Autores principales: Lund, Najaaraq, Biering-Sørensen, Sofie, Andersen, Andreas, Monteiro, Ivan, Camala, Luis, Jørgensen, Mathias Jul, Aaby, Peter, Benn, Christine Stabell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4236664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25163399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-214

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