Meeting the challenges of micronutrient malnutrition in the developing world

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-17

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Salam, Rehana A ^a   Das, Jai K ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

developing countries; micronutrient deficiency; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INSECURITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL MARKETING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERM BIRTH; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INSURANCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALE UP;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; UNDERNUTRITION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS;

EID: 84878819124     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldt015     Document Type: Review

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