Sustainability of market-based community distribution of Sprinkles in Western Kenya

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 78-88

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b,c   Shah, Ami ^c   Jefferds, Maria Elena D ^a   Eleveld, Alie ^d   Patel, Minal ^a   Stein, Aryeh D ^c   MacDonald, Barbara ^e   Ruth, Laird ^a  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Safe Water and AIDS Project   (Kenya)

^e GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Marketing; Micronutrient powders; Sprinkles; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

SPRINKLES; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MARKETING; MICRONUTRIENTS; ODDS RATIO; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84869779559     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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