Vitamin A supplementation as therapy--are the benefits disease specific?
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- DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.1.8
Vitamin A supplementation as therapy--are the benefits disease specific?
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Vitamin A supplementation and severity of pneumonia in children admitted to the hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Am J Clin Nutr. 1998 Jul;68(1):187-92. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/68.1.187. Am J Clin Nutr. 1998. PMID: 9665113 Clinical Trial.
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