Evaluation of the impact of a food program on the micronutrient nutritional status of argentinean lactating mothers

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Varea, Ana ^a   Malpeli, Agustina ^a   Disalvo, Liliana ^a   Apezteguia, Maria ^a   Falivene, Mariana ^a   Ferrari, Guillermina ^a   Pereyras, Silvia ^a   Carmuega, Estéban ^a   Etchegoyen, Graciela ^b   Vojkovic, María ^a   González, Horacio F ^a  

^a Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anemia; Argentina; Feeding PROGRAMS; Lactating mothers; Micronutrients; Nutritional evaluation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARGENTINA; ARGENTINEAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; LACTATION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84870666524     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9512-8     Document Type: Article

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