Micronutrient deficiency - An underlying cause of morbidity and mortality

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-

  Black, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AVITAMINOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0037289468     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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