Effects of vitamin A, vitamin A plus iron and multiple micronutrient-fortified seasoning powder on preschool children in a suburb of Chongqing, China

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 440-447

  Chen, Ke ^a   Li, Ting Yu ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Qu, Ping ^a   Liu, You Xue ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Fortification; Micronutrients; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; NICOTINAMIDE; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN MIXTURE; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON KINETICS; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY SIZE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 64349124067     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.54.440     Document Type: Article

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