Multiple micronutrient powders for home (point-of-use) fortification of foods in pregnant women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a   Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^b   De Regil, Luz Maria ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; POWDER;

ANEMIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FORTIFIED FOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POWDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TABLET; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANEMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICRONUTRIENTS; POWDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84957793742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011158.pub2     Document Type: Review

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