Fortification of maize meal improved the nutritional status of 1-3-year-old African children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 461-467

  Nesamvuni, Alufheli E ^a   Vorster, Hester H ^b   Margetts, Barrie M ^c   Kruger, Annamarie ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Children; Fortification; Haemoglobin; Maize meal; South Africa; Undernutrition; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT T TEST; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMINS; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 26444525351     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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