Maternal knowledge and use of a micronutrient supplement was improved with a programmatically feasible intervention in Mexico

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 440-446

  Bonvecchio, Anabelle ^a   Pelto, Gretel H ^b   Escalante, Erika ^a   Monterrubio, Erick ^a   Habicht, J P ^b   Nava, Fernanda ^a   Villanueva, Maria Angeles ^a   Safdie, Margarita ^a   Rivera, J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST MEAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33846828311     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.2.440     Document Type: Article

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