Risk of deficiency in multiple concurrent micronutrients in children and adults in the United States

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Bird, Julia K ^a   Murphy, Rachel A ^b   Ciappio, Eric D ^c   McBurney, Michael I ^c  

^a DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Dietary adequacy; Dietary supplement; Multivitamin mineral; NHANES; Nutritional epidemiology; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; MECOBALAMIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ADULT; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021452976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9070655     Document Type: Article

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