Quantification of food and nutrient intakes in Zambian children with and without malaria under controlled feeding conditions

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-51

  Bresnahan, Kara A ^a   Chileshe, Justin ^b   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Tropical Diseases Research Centre Ndola   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Biofortification; carotenoids; maize; malaria; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; ORANGE (FRUIT); PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; ZAMBIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INFANT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; ZAMBIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84891946715     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1535370213510661     Document Type: Article

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