Was the “Anti-Infective” Vitamin Misnamed?
- 27 April 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 52 (4) , 140-143
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.1994.tb01407.x
Abstract
Meta-analyses on 6 of 12 studies of the effect of improvement of the vitamin A status of deficient children living in poverty and social and biological deprivation conclude that mortality reduction can be expected. The demonstrated effects on incidence, prevalence and severity of specific morbidities under these conditions have been variable.Keywords
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