The opportunity of flour fortification: Building on the evidence to move forward

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Serdula, Mary ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CEREAL; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; IRON; PUBLIC HEALTH; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VULNERABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC;

CHINA;

EID: 77953033777     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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