Open AccessThe impact of vitamin A supplementation on mortality inequalities among children in Nepal
Author(s) -
David Bishai,
Krishna Kumar,
Hugh Waters,
Michael Koenig,
Joanne Katz,
Subarna K. Khatry,
Keith P. West
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
health policy and planning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.608
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1460-2237
pISSN - 0268-1080
DOI - 10.1093/heapol/czi007
Subject(s) - inequality , environmental health , developing country , vitamin , medicine , economic growth , economics , mathematics , mathematical analysis
This paper examines gender, caste and economic differentials in child mortality in the context of a cluster-randomized trial of vitamin A distribution, in order to determine whether or not the intervention narrowed these differentials.
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