The epidemiology of global micronutrient deficiencies

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-33

  Bailey, Regan L ^a,b   West, Keith P ^b   Black, Robert E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Micronutrient deficiencies; Minerals; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ECONOMICS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; LIFESPAN; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK REDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IODIZED SALT; IRON; IRON INTAKE; SALT INTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84930608944     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000371618     Document Type: Article

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