Effectiveness of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children: Systematic review

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7843, 2012, Pages

  Masset, Edoardo ^a   Haddad, Lawrence ^a   Cornelius, Alexander ^b   Isaza Castro, Jairo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Sussex ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STUNTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN METABOLISM; WASTING SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCOME; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84860554800     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d8222     Document Type: Article

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