Micronutrient powders for young children

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9899, 2013, Pages 1171-

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b   Neufeld, Lynnette M ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; IRON;

CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; MALE; NOTE;

FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84884949435     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62051-6     Document Type: Letter

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