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close this bookEffectiveness of Vitamin A Supplementation in the Control of Young Child Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries - Nutrition policy discussion paper No. 13 (UNSSCN, 1993, 140 p.)
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View the documentUnited Nations - Administrative Committee on Coordination - Subcommittee on Nutrition (ACC/SCN)
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Signators of the Report

Dr. George H. Beaton
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Co-Chairman

Dr. Kristan J. Aronson
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. George McCabe
Department of Statistics
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
U.S.A.

Dr. Ban Harvey
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Research Associate

Dr. Reynaldo Martorella
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
U.S.A.
Co-Chairman

Dr. Barry Edmonston
Committee on National Statistics
National Research Council
Washington, D.C.
U.S.A.

Dr. Catharine Ross
Department of Biochemistry
The Medical College of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

a Current address: Center for International Health, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

Reviewers of the Report

This report, in its final draft form, was sent to external reviewers who were not connected with the final report and its conclusions. Their summary assessments, criticisms, and comments, except those incorporated into the final revision of the report, are presented as a special annex to the Report. At the same time that the draft report was sent to reviewers, it was sent to representatives of the original projects with the request that they review our interpretations of their project data, drawing our attention to any technical errors, and an invitation to offer such comment as they might wish. A few responses were received and changes were made. We are indebted to all who have advised us of errors and omissions in our original report to CIDA.