Micronutrient fortified milk improves iron status, anemia and growth among children 1-4 years: A double masked, randomized, controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Sazawal, Sunil ^a,b   Dhingra, Usha ^a   Dhingra, Pratibha ^b   Hiremath, Girish ^a   Sarkar, Archana ^b   Dutta, Arup ^a   Menon, Venugopal P ^b   Black, Robert E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ANEMIA; ANIMAL; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFANT; METABOLISM; TIME;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; MILK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957861492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012167     Document Type: Article

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