Women in resource-poor settings are at risk of inadequate intakes of multiple micronutrients

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Torheim, Liv Elin ^a   Ferguson, Elaine L ^b   Penrose, Katherine ^c   Arimond, Mary ^d  

^a Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies   (Norway)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AFRICA; ASIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN INTAKE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149264092     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.123463     Document Type: Review

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