Compliance to micronutrient supplementation in children 3 to 24 months of age from a semi-rural community in Mexico

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 470-478

  López Flores, Femando ^a   Neufeld, Lynnette Marie ^b,c   Sotres Álvarez, Daniela ^d   García Guerra, Armando ^b   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^e  

^a Secretaría de Salud de NayaríL Tepic   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^d IL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Dietary supplements; Medication adherence; Mexico; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867819971     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342012000500003     Document Type: Article

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