Multiple micronutrients in powder delivered through primary health care reduce iron and Vitamin A deficiencies in young Amazonian children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 3039-3047

  Oliveira, Cristieli S M ^a,b   Sampaio, Patrícia ^b   Muniz, Pascoal T ^b   Cardoso, Marly A ^a   Augusto, Rosângela Aparecida ^a   Cobayashi, Fernanda ^a   Hadler, Maria Claret M ^c   Do Rosário, Maria G ^c   Lira, Pedro Israel C ^d   Sequeira, Leopoldina Augusta S ^d   Machado, Márcia Maria Tavares ^e   Vitolo, Márcia Regina ^f   Tietzmann, Daniela Cardoso ^f   Jaime, Patrícia Constante ^g   Nilson, Eduardo Augusto Fernandes ^g   Bortolini, Gisele Ane ^g   Da Silva, Sara Araújo ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^g MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Child health; Complementary feeding; Home fortification; Iron; Micronutrients; Primary health care; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

BLOOD; BRAZIL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; POWDER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; POWDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84971373062     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016001294     Document Type: Article

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