Acceptability of multiple micronutrient powders and iron syrup in Bihar, India

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Young, Melissa F ^a,b   Girard, Amy Webb ^a,b   Mehta, Rukshan ^a,b   Srikantiah, Sridhar ^c   Gosdin, Lucas ^a,b   Menon, Purnima ^d   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^a,b   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a,b   Avula, Rasmi ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Patliputra Colony   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anaemia; India; iron and folic acid syrup; iron supplementation; multiple micronutrient powders; young children

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POWDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POWDERS;

EID: 85044282389     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12572     Document Type: Article

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