Micronutrient supplementation and child survival in India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-424

  Kotecha, Prakash V ^a,b   Lahariya, Chandrakant ^c  

^a USAID Micronutrient Project   (India)

^b Baroda Medical College   (India)

^c G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MALNUTRITION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 77955962755     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0050-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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