Vitamin A supplementation and maternal mortality
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Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes.
BACKGROUND The World Health Organization recommends routine vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy or lactation in areas with endemic vitamin A deficiency (where night blindness occurs), based on the expectation that supplementation will improve maternal and newborn outcomes including mortality, morbidity and prevention of anaemia or infection. OBJECTIVES To review the effects of supple...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60443-6