Effect of daily versus weekly home fortification with multiple micronutrient powder on haemoglobin concentration of young children in a rural area, Lao People's Democratic Republic: A randomised trial

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kounnavong, Sengchanh ^a,b   Sunahara, Toshihiko ^b   Mascie Taylor, C G Nicholas ^c   Hashizume, Masahiro ^b   Okumura, Junko ^b   Moji, Kazuhiko ^d   Boupha, Boungnong ^a   Yamamoto, Taro ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaemia; home fortified food; Lao PDR; multiple micronutrient powder; supplementation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MIXME; MULTIVITAMIN; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; POWDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; LAOS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POWDERS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 82055163829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-129     Document Type: Article

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