Adding multiple micronutrient powders to a homestead food production programme yields marginally significant benefit on anaemia reduction among young children in Nepal

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-202

  Osei, Akoto K ^a   Pandey, Pooja ^a   Spiro, David ^b   Adhikari, Debendra ^a   Haselow, Nancy ^a   De Morais, Caroline ^a   Davis, Dale ^a  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Home fortification; Homestead food production; Micronutrient powders; MNP; Nepal

Indexed keywords

FERROUS FUMARATE; TRACE ELEMENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON INTAKE; POWDER;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; THERAPY EFFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; IRON INTAKE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; POWDER; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEPAL; POWDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84954028186     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12173     Document Type: Article

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