Food fortification with multiple micronutrients: Impact on health outcomes

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Das, Jai K ^a   Salam, Rehana A ^a   Kumar, Rohail ^a   Lassi, Zohra S ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; FOOD FORTIFICATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MORBIDITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84982668473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011400     Document Type: Review

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