Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements: How Can They Combat Child Malnutrition?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Dewey, Kathryn G ^a   Arimond, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIPID BASED NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84866721644     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001314     Document Type: Article

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