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The effects of maternal and infant vitamin A supplementation on vitamin A status: a randomised trial in Kenya. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Postpartum vitamin A supplementation of mothers and infants is recommended, but the efficacy has been questioned. In this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Kenyan mother-infant pairs were randomised to maternal vitamin A (400,000 IU) or placebo 0 ...
D. L. Mwaniki   +29 more
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Stable isotope dilution techniques for assessing vitamin A status and bioefficacy of provitamin A carotenoids in humans. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Vitamin A deficiency is a major global public health problem. Among the variety of techniques that are available for assessing human vitamin A status, evaluating the provitamin A nutritional values of foodstuffs and estimating human vitamin A ...
Judy D Ribaya-Mercado   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Vitamin D with calcium reduces mortality: patient level pooled analysis of 70,528 patients from eight major vitamin D trials. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Introduction: Vitamin D may affect multiple health outcomes. If so, an effect on mortality is to be expected. Using pooled data from randomized controlled trials, we performed individual patient data (IPD) and trial level meta-analyses to assess ...
Salovaara, K.   +62 more
core   +1 more source

Comparison of serum beta-carotene and vitamin A levels in sheep of Khalkhal region in open and closed breeding system [PDF]

open access: yesĀsīb/shināsī-i Darmāngāhī-i Dāmpizishkī, 2020
Retinol or vitamin A is an essential fat-soluble vitamin. Because of the particular role of vitamin A in different tissues and organs, various clinical signs are seen during its deficiency.
esmaiil Amani Firoozabad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

MAVIDOS maternal vitamin D osteoporosis study: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. The MAVIDOS Study Group [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
: MAVIDOS is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (ISRCTN82927713, registered 2008 Apr 11), funded by Arthritis Research UK, MRC, Bupa Foundation and NIHR.BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis is a major public health problem as a result of associated ...
Gandhi Saurabh V   +50 more
core   +4 more sources

Proceedings of the Rank Forum on Vitamin D [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Rank Forum on Vitamin D was held on 2nd and 3rd July 2009 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. The workshop consisted of a series of scene-setting presentations to address the current issues and challenges concerning vitamin D and health, and ...
Lamberg-Allardt, C   +112 more
core   +1 more source

Measles outbreak among children ≤15 years old, Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India, 2017

open access: yesIndian Journal of Public Health, 2021
Background: Of 1115 measles outbreaks during 2015 in India, 61,255 suspected measles cases were reported. In 2016, a measles outbreak was reported at East and West Jaintia Hills districts in Meghalaya State, India.
Dipu Lowang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in lipid peroxidation, glutathione and fertility in tuj sheep after combined administration of vitamin a and e and passive immunization with testosterone antibodies [PDF]

open access: yesKafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
This study investigated the effect of testosterone antibodies and a combination of vitamin A and E on reproductive performance and lipid peroxidation in Tuj sheep during the oestrus period.
KAMİLOĞLU NN   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vitamin A and iron supplementation of Indonesian pregnant women benefits vitamin A status of their infants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Many Indonesian infants have an inadequate nutritional status, which may be due in part to inadequate maternal nutrition during pregnancy. This study was designed to investigate whether infant nutritional status could be improved by maternal vitamin A ...
Muslimatun, S.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

"Test me and treat me" - attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
© 2015 BMJ Open, "Test me and treat me"-attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study.
Jakeways, Niki; id_orcid   +17 more
core   +1 more source

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