Fortification of condiments with micronutrients in public health: from proof of concept to scaling up

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1379, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 38-47

  Garcia Casal, Maria Nieves ^a   Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^a   Mclean, Mireille ^b   De Regil, Luz María ^c   Zamora, Gerardo ^a   Aguilera, Yolanda ^d   Mai, Len Bach ^d   Bermudez, Odilia ^d   Bower, Allyson ^d   Gallego, Erick Boy ^d   Chan, Theary ^d   Chavasit, Visith ^d   Chomé, Francoise ^d   Chowdhury, Jalal ^d   Conover, Robert ^d   Dary, Omar ^d   Degerud, Eirik ^d   Dierkes, Jutta ^d   Engle Stone, Reina ^d   Fiedler, John ^d   Flores Ayala, Rafael ^d   Grajeda, Ruben ^d   de Mejía, Elvira González ^d   Gordoncillo, Normahitta ^d   Gordoncillo, Prudenciano ^d   Ha, Do ^d   Huo, Junsheng ^d   Hurrell, Richard ^d   Khan, Noor ^d   Kelkar, Aditya ^d   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^d   Klassen, Petra ^d   Klemm, Rolf ^d   Nederveen, Leendert Maarten ^d   Martín, Maria Ángeles ^d   Martinez, Carolina ^d   McBurney, Michael ^d   Mejía, Luis A ^d   Messier, Marie Chantal ^d   Nakanishi, Yukiko ^d   Nestle, Marion ^d   Osendarp, Saskia ^d   Pinero, Domingo ^d   Sato, Takuya ^d   Segre, Joel ^d   Smith, Geoffry ^d   Smriga, Miro ^d   Spohrer, Rebeca ^d   Takanashi, Kumiko ^d   Tasker, Maria ^d   Paulino, Amarilis Then ^d   van den Berg, Robin ^d   Van Thuy, Pham ^d   Walani, Salimah ^d   more..

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

condiments; fortification; micronutrients; public health; seasonings

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CONDIMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEGAL ASPECT; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCALE UP; SENEGAL; SPICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THAILAND; TOXICITY; FORTIFIED FOOD; NUTRITION POLICY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

CONDIMENTS; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84994627737     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13185     Document Type: Article

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