Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity.

@article{Haidar2003VitaminAS,
  title={Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity.},
  author={jemal Haidar and Demissie Tsegaye and D H Mariam and Hana Neka Tibeb and N. M. Muroki},
  journal={East African medical journal},
  year={2003},
  volume={80 1},
  pages={
          17-21
        }
}
OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity and nutritional status. DESIGN A community based follow-up (interventional) in nature. SETTING Two randomly selected Weredas (districts) of Tigray, North Ethiopia were studied between 1996 and 1997. SUBJECTS Four thousand seven hundred and seventy children aged between six and 72 months, selected using a multi-stage sampling procedure were enrolled and clinically assessed for xerophthalmia and nutritional… 
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