Fortifying milk with ferrous gluconate and zinc oxide in a public nutrition program reduced the prevalence of anemia in toddlers

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2633-2637

  Villalpando, Salvador ^a   Shamah, Teresa ^a   Rivera, Juan A ^a   Lara, Yaveth ^a   Monterrubio, Eric ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERROUS GLUCONATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC OXIDE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MILK; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 33749459246     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.10.2633     Document Type: Article

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