Effectiveness of complementary food supplements and dietary counselling on anaemia and stunting in children aged 6-23 months in poor areas of Qinghai Province, China: A controlled interventional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Yanfeng ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Van Velthoven, Michelle Helena ^b   Chang, Suying ^c   Han, Huijun ^d   Xing, Min ^e   Chen, Li ^a   Scherpbier, Robert W ^c  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e Qinghai Health Education Center ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FAT; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTEIN; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; COUNSELING; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANEMIA; CHINA; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84994633799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011234     Document Type: Article

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