Effect of vitamin A, vitamin A plus iron and multiple micronutrient-fortified seasoning powder on infectious morbidity of preschool children

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-434

  Chen, Ke ^a,b   Zhang, Xuan ^c   Li, Ting yu ^a   Chen, Li ^c   Wei, Xiao ping ^a   Qu, Ping ^a   Liu, You xue ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Chengdu Maternal and Children Health Care Hospital   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fortification; Infectious morbidity; Multiple micronutrients; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINAMIDE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SEASONING POWDER; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COUGH; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SPICES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 79952449494     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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