Neonatal vitamin A: time to move on?

Affiliations

¹ Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Compenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: a.fisker@bandim.org.
² Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Compenhagen, Denmark.

Comment

Ane Bærent Fisker et al. Lancet. 2015.

. 2015 Jul 11;386(9989):134-5.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61237-5.

¹ Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Compenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: a.fisker@bandim.org.
² Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Compenhagen, Denmark.

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