Complementary foods fortified with micronutrients prevent iron deficiency and anemia in Vietnamese infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2241-2247

  Van Phu, Pham ^b,c   Van Hoan, Nguyen ^c   Salvignol, Bertrand ^d   Treche, Serge ^a   Wieringa, Frank Tammo ^a   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^e   Tuong, Pham Duy ^b   Berger, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques   (France)

^d World Food Programme   (Italy)

^e Vietnam Food Administration 138A   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEMENTARY FOOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FLOUR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE; SESAME; SOYBEAN; VIET NAM; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREVALENCE; VIETNAM;

EID: 78649604851     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.123711     Document Type: Article

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