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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Peto, Richard
• Awasthi, Shally
• Read, Simon
• Clark, Sarah
• Bundy, Donald

Titel

Vitamin A supplementation in Indian children – Authors' reply

Ist Teil von

• The Lancet (British edition), 2013-08, Vol.382 (9892), p.594-596

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• DEVTA1 was a well conducted cluster-randomised trial of the effects of allocation to twice-yearly vitamin A supplementation on pre-school child mortality in a population with low blood retinol, some Bitot's spots, but little xerophthalmia. Arguments for or against routine vitamin A supplementation should now be based on appropriate assessment of all mortality trial results, without unduly selective exclusions.3 Andy Crump, TDR, WHO/Science Photo Library We declare that we have no conflicts of interest.