The use of linear programming to determine whether a formulated complementary food product can ensure adequate nutrients for 6- to 11-month-old Cambodian infants

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-138

  Skau, Jutta K H ^a   Bunthang, Touch ^b   Chamnan, Chhoun ^b   Wieringa, Frank T ^c   Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine A ^a   Roos, Nanna ^a   Ferguson, Elaine L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (Cambodia)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CAMBODIAN; COMPLEMENTARY FOOD PRODUCT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN SOY BLEND PLUS; CORN SOY BLEND PLUS PLUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PORTION SIZE; RECALL; STUNTING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WINFOOD; WINFOOD LITE;

EID: 84891391962     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.073700     Document Type: Article

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