Micronutrient deficiencies and developmental delays among infants: Evidence from a cross-sectional survey in rural China

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Luo, Renfu ^a   Shi, Yaojiang ^b   Zhou, Huan ^c   Yue, Ai ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Sylvia, Sean ^d   Medina, Alexis ^e   Rozelle, Scott ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945976677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008400     Document Type: Article

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