Effects of multimicronutrient home fortification on anemia and growth in Bhutanese refugee children

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-276

  Bilukha, Oleg ^a   Howard, Christopher ^a   Wilkinson, Caroline ^b   Bamrah, Sapna ^a   Husain, Farah ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anemia; Effectiveness; Growth; Home fortification; Micronutrient powder; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ANEMIA; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE;

BHUTAN;

EID: 80052713151     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200312     Document Type: Review

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