ERRATUM: A Micronutrient Powder with Low Doses of Highly Absorbable Iron and Zinc Reduces Iron and Zinc Deficiency and Improves Weight-For-Age Z-Scores in South African Children 1–4 (The Journal of Nutrition (2011) 141(2) (237–242), (S0022316622024816), (10.3945/jn.110.129247));A micronutrient powder with low doses of highly absorbable iron and zinc reduces iron and zinc deficiency and improves weight-for-age Z-scores in south African children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-242

  Troesch, Barbara ^a   Van Stujivenberg, Martha E ^b   Smuts, Cornelius M ^c   Kruger, H Salomè ^c   Biebinger, Ralf ^d   Hurrell, Richard F ^a   Baumgartner, Jeannine ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EDETIC ACID; FERRITIN; IRON; MICRONUTRIENT POWDER; PHYTASE; PHYTATE; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POWDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79251509273     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.139204     Document Type: Erratum

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