Cereal fortification programs in developing countries

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series: Pediatric Program

Volumn 60, Issue , 2007, Pages 91-101

  Bulusu, S ^a   Laviolette, L ^a   Mannar, V ^a   Reddy, V ^b  

^a MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WEANING;

CEREALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEANING;

EID: 35148821917     PISSN: 16616677     EISSN: 16623878     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000106363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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