Burden of micronutrient deficiencies by socio-economic strata in children aged 6 months to 5 years in the Philippines

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wieser, Simon ^a   Plessow, Rafael ^a   Eichler, Klaus ^a   Malek, Olivia ^a   Capanzana, Mario V ^b   Agdeppa, Imelda ^b   Bruegger, Urs ^a  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Cost of illness; DALY; Health economics; Intangible costs; Iron; Micronutrient deficiencies; Philippines; Production losses; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84889837135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1167     Document Type: Article

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