Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on maternal survival in Ghana (ObaapaVitA): a cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Authors:
- Betty R KirkwoodBKBetty R Kirkwood
- Lisa HurtLHLisa Hurt
- Seeba Amenga-EtegoSASeeba Amenga-Etego
- Charlotte TawiahCTCharlotte Tawiah
- Charles ZandohCZCharles Zandoh
- Samuel DansoSDSamuel Danso
- Chris HurtCHChris Hurt
- Karen EdmondKEKaren Edmond
- Zelee HillZHZelee Hill
- Guus Ten AsbroekGAGuus Ten Asbroek
- Justin FentyJFJustin Fenty
- Seth Owusu-AgyeiSOSeth Owusu-Agyei
- 1 May 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 375 (9726) , 1640-1649
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