Micronutrient malnutrition: Policies and programs for control and their implications

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue , 1999, Pages 303-324

  Underwood, Barbara A ^a   Smitasiri, Suttilak ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Intervention programs; Iodine deficiency; Iron deficiency; Sustainable programs; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 0032779783     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.19.1.303     Document Type: Review

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