The devil is in the details

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-117

  De Pee, Saskia ^a,b   Manary, Mark ^c   Ashorn, Per ^d  

^a World Food Programme   (Italy)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; BREAST MILK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; WASTING SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FOODS, SPECIALIZED; HUMANS;

EID: 79551653772     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00366.x     Document Type: Letter

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