Vitamin A supplementation and neonatal mortality in the developing world: a meta-regression of cluster-randomized trials

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among pregnant women and the effect of neonatal vitamin A supplementation on infant mortality. METHODS: Studies of neonatal supplementation with vitamin A have yielded contradictory findings with regard to its effec...

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Main Authors: Michael Anthony Rotondi, Nooshin Khobzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2010-09-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010000900014&lng=en&tlng=en