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Vitamin A supplementation every 6 months with retinol in 1 million pre-school children in north India: DEVTA, a cluster-randomised trial

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Background In north India, vitamin A deficiency (retinol <0·70 μmol/L) is common in pre-school children and 2-3% die at ages 1·0-6·0 years. We aimed to assess whether periodic vitamin A supplementation could reduce this mortality.

Methods Participants in this cluster-randomised trial were pre-school children in the defined catchment areas of 8338 state-staffed village child-care centres (under-5 population 1 million) in 72 administrative blocks. Groups...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62125-4

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Clinical Trial Service Unit
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Clinical Trial Service Unit
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Clinical Trial Service Unit
Role:
Author
Medical Research Council More from this funder
United States Agency for International Development More from this funder
Publisher:
Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
Lancet Journal website
Volume:
381
Issue:
9876
Pages:
1469-1477
Publication date:
2013-01-01
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EISSN:
1474-547X
ISSN:
0140-6736
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uuid:c66a11eb-7cfb-49bb-b8f5-74a7ee67aa7d
Local pid:
pubs:402674
Source identifiers:
402674
Deposit date:
2013-11-16

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