Short-term evaluation of the impact of a food program on the micronutrient nutritional status of Argentinean children under the age of six

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1337-1348

  Varea, Ana ^a   Malpeli, Agustina ^a   Etchegoyen, Graciela ^b   Vojkovic, María ^c   Disalvo, Liliana ^a   Apezteguía, María ^a   Pereyras, Silvia ^a   Pattín, Jorgelina ^a   Ortale, Susana ^c   Carmuega, Estéban ^c   González, Horacio F ^a  

^a Hospital de Ninos Sor Maria Ludovica   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anemia; Argentina; Children; Feeding programs; Micronutrients; Nutritional evaluation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; SUGAR; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHRONIC GROWTH RETARDATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUDDING; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RICE; RISK REDUCTION; SOY ENRICHED MAIZE FLOUR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; WHEAT FLOUR; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ARGENTINA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 82455192346     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-8978-0     Document Type: Article

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