Fortified foods contribute one half of recommended vitamin A intake in poor urban Guatemalan toddlers

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 860-864

  Krause, Vivian M ^a,c   Delisle, Helene ^a   Solomons, Noel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Hospital de Ojos y Oidos   (Guatemala)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Fortification; Guatemala; Preschoolers; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; MARGARINE; RETINOL; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUGAR INTAKE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 0031957291     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.5.860     Document Type: Article

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