Effect of preventive supplementation on young children in niger [1]

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2208-

  Roberfroid, Dominique ^a   Huybregts, Lieven ^b   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NIGER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; BABY FOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELEMENTAL DIET; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; WASTING SYNDROME; SURVIVAL;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WASTING SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 66449133056     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.739     Document Type: Letter

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