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Phasing out of the Universal Mega Dose of Vitamin-A Prophylaxis to Avoid Toxicity
Department of Community Medicine, School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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Keywords: keratomalacia; Vitamin-A toxicity; mortality
Citation: Sudip Bhattacharya, Amarjeet Singh. Phasing out of the Universal Mega Dose of Vitamin-A Prophylaxis to Avoid Toxicity. AIMS Public Health , 2017, 4(1): 38-46. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2017.1.38
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