Large-scale fortification of condiments and seasonings as a public health strategy: equity considerations for implementation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1379, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-27

  Zamora, Gerardo ^a   Flores Urrutia, Mónica Crissel ^a   Mayén, Ana Lucia ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

condiments; equity; fortification; implementation; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

CONDIMENT; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; WORKER; FORTIFIED FOOD; NUTRITION POLICY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPICE; TRENDS;

CONDIMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SPICES;

EID: 84981531923     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13183     Document Type: Article

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