Developmental outcomes among 18-month-old Malawians after a year of complementary feeding with lipid-based nutrient supplements or corn-soy flour

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-248

  Phuka, John C ^a   Gladstone, Melissa ^b   Maleta, Kenneth ^a   Thakwalakwa, Chrissie ^a   Cheung, Yin Bun ^c,d   Briend, André ^e   Manary, Mark J ^f   Ashorn, Per ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child development; Children; Complementary feeding; Lipid based nutrient supplements; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAIZE; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOYBEAN;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALAWI; MALE; MOTHERS; RURAL HEALTH; SEEDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOY FOODS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84858297357     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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