Selling sprinkles micronutrient powder reduces anemia, iron deficiency, and vitamin A deficiency in young children in Western Kenya: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1223-1230

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b   Ruth, Laird J ^a   Woodruff, Bradley A ^a   Mbakaya, Charles ^c   Mandava, Usha ^a   Flores Ayala, Rafael ^a   Jefferds, Maria Elena D ^a   Quick, Robert ^a  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PARENTING EDUCATION; POWDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUNTING; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; POWDERS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84860878007     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.030072     Document Type: Article

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