Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial comparing effects of supplementation of two micronutrient sprinkles on fatty acid status in Cambodian infants

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-142

  Agostoni, Carlo ^a   Giovannini, Marcello ^a   Sala, Debora ^a   Usuelli, Michele ^a   Livio, Luca ^a   Francescato, Gaia ^a   Braga, Marta ^a   Riva, Enrica ^a   Martiello, Antonella ^a   Colombo, Claudio ^a   Marangoni, Franca ^a   Galli, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Essential fatty acids; Iron; Linoleic acid; Micronutrient supplementation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; MINERAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CAMBODIAN; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON INTAKE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POWDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASCORBIC ACID; CAMBODIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FUMARATES; GLUCONATES; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON COMPOUNDS; ITALY; LINOLEIC ACID; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; VITAMIN A;

ADONIS ANNUA;

EID: 33846073586     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000243429.24463.2f     Document Type: Article

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