Another small step in the path to controlling micronutrient deficiencies...but we still have a long way to go

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-6

  Zlotkin, Stanley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

BEVERAGES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON; ZINC; ZINC ISOTOPES;

EID: 3242676265     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.04.035     Document Type: Editorial

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