Low nutrient intakes among infants in rural Bangladesh are attributable to low intake and micronutrient density of complementary foods

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 444-451

  Kimmons, Joel E ^a   Dewey, Kathryn G ^a   Haque, Emdadul ^b   Chakraborty, J ^b   Osendarp, Saskia J M ^b   Brown, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Breast feeding; Complementary food; Infant dietary intake; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 14944355961     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.3.444     Document Type: Article

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