Nutrient composition of fortified complementary foods: Should age-specific micronutrient content and ration sizes be recommended?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Dewey, Kathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary foods; Fortification; Infant nutrition; Iron; Micronutrients

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON THERAPY; MILK; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

EID: 0041829252     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.9.2950s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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