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

<strong>Background</strong> In north India, vitamin A deficiency (retinol &lt;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. <p><strong>Methods&l...

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Prif Awduron: Awasthi, S, Pande, V, Peto, R, Read, S, Clark, S, Bundy, D
Fformat: Journal article
Cyhoeddwyd: Elsevier 2013