Vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in children from 6 months to 5 years of age.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on December 08, 2010

Authors

Aamer Imdad1, Kurt Herzer, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Zulfiqar A Bhutta

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan, 74800.

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