Evaluation of the level of micronutnents in fortified foods in Alexandria, Egypt;Évaluation du taux de micronutriments dans des aliments enrichis à Alexandrie (Égypte)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 793-800

  Mohamed, S ^a   El Tawila, M ^a   Ismail, H ^a   Gomaa, N F ^a  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IRON; MARGARINE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; IODIZED SALT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREADFRUIT; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGYPT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HOUSEHOLD; POWDER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BABY FOOD; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SALT INTAKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREALS; EGYPT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; IODINE; IRON, DIETARY; MARGARINE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN A;

EID: 77955015957     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.7.793     Document Type: Article

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