Effects of community-based sales of micronutrient powders on morbidity episodes in preschool children in Western Kenya

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 934-941

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,c   Addo, O Yaw ^c   Martorell, Reynaldo ^c   Grant, Frederick K E ^c   Ruth, Laird J ^a   Patel, Minal K ^b   Juliao, Patricia C ^b   Quick, Rob ^b   Flores Ayala, Rafael ^a,c  

^a Nutrition Branch   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hospitalizations; Kenya; Malaria; Micronutrient powders; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL; ZINC; POWDER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCALE UP; ANEMIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COUGH; DEMOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALE; POWDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; COUGH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MORBIDITY; POWDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84959934949     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.118000     Document Type: Article

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