Vitamin A status and body pool size of infants before and after consuming fortified home-based complementary foods

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Newton, Sam ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a   Asante, Kwaku Poku ^a   Amoaful, Esi ^b   Mahama, Emmanuel ^a   Tchum, Samuel Kofi ^a   Ali, Martha ^a   Adjei, Kwame ^a   Davis, Christopher R ^c   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^c  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

13C RID; Body pool size; Complementary foods; Home fortification; Human infants; MRDR; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959474300     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-016-0121-4     Document Type: Article

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