Effects of nutrient fortified complementary food supplements on anemia of infants and young children in poor rural of Gansu

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Wang, Yu Ying ^a   Chen, Chun Ming ^a   Wang, Fu Zhen ^b   Jia, Mei ^c   Wang, Ke An ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Health Supervision Institute   (China)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complementary food supplements; Food fortification; Hemoglobin; Infants and young children; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249097507     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(09)60045-3     Document Type: Article

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