Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves anemia, micronutrient nutrient status, and growth of vietnamese infants: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Le, Thi Hop ^a   Berger, Jacques ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Anemia; Infant growth; Multiple micronutrient; Supplementation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; TOCOPHEROL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLACEBOS; TOCOPHEROLS; VIETNAM; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 14944374457     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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