Operational Guidance on the use of special nutritional products in refugee populations

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 420-428

  Style, Sarah ^a   Tondeur, Melody ^b   Wilkinson, Caroline ^b   Oman, Allison ^b   Spiegel, Paul ^b   Kassim, Ismail A R ^b   Grijalva Eternod, Carlos ^a   Dolan, Carmel ^c   Seal, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^c Emergency Nutrition Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemia; Lipid based nutrient supplement; Malnutrition; Micronutrient deficiencies; Prevention; Refugees; Stunting; Wasting

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIPID; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; UNITED NATIONS;

TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; UNITED NATIONS;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEES; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84892727849     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651303400407     Document Type: Article

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