Systematic review and meta-analysis of home fortification of complementary foods

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-321

  Dewey, Kathryn G ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Boy, Erick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; Complementary foods; Infant and child nutrition; Infant iron status; Micronutrient malnutrition; Nutritional interventions

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; RETINOL; VITAMIN MIXTURE; ZINC;

ANEMIA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 70149113947     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00190.x     Document Type: Review

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