
Vitamin A supplementation and neonatal mortality in the developing world: a meta-regression of cluster-randomized trials
Author(s) -
Michael Rotondi,
Nooshin Khobzi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.09.068080
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin a deficiency , randomized controlled trial , vitamin , infant mortality , confounding , observational study , micronutrient , pediatrics , meta analysis , population , retinol , environmental health , pathology
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.