Impact of a multiple-micronutrient food supplement on the nutritional status of schoolchildren

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-210

  Vinod Kumar, Malavika ^a   Rajagopalan, S ^b  

^a Sundar Serendipity Foundation   (India)

^b M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Food delivery; Multiple micronutrient supplementation

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33947320108     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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