Sierra Leone - Investing in nutrition to reduce poverty: A call for action

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 653-657

  Aguayo, Victor M ^a   Scott, Sylvetta ^b   Ross, Jay ^c  

^a Helen Keller International   (Mali)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Poverty reduction; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; PROTEIN; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; POLICY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; STUNTING SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE; IRON; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; POVERTY; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 0142184302     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003484     Document Type: Article

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