The role of vitamin A in reducing child mortality and morbidity and improving growth

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1998

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Salud Pública de México

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REDALYC : Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Salud Pública de México

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Salud child growth morbidity mortality vitamin A deficiency

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Retinol Sickness Human beings--Diseases Morbidity Illness Sicknesses Illnesses

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Usha Ramakrishnan et al., « The role of vitamin A in reducing child mortality and morbidity and improving growth », Salud Pública de México, ID : 10670/1.9206ce...

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This is an update of knowledge on the role of the vitamin Astatus in determining child mortality, morbidity and growth.Recent information confirms the earlier conclusion ofBeaton et al. that a 23% reduction in young child mortalityresults following improvements in the vitamin A status. Studiesshow that the mortality effect is primarily due to reductionsin deaths due to acute gastroenteritis and measles butnot acute respiratory infections (ARI) and malaria. Whileimprovement of the vitamin A status enhances the survivalof older preschool children, it remains unclear whether itbenefits infants (i.e.

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