Severely inadequate micronutrient intake among children 9–24 months in Nepal—The MAL-ED birth cohort study

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Morseth, Marianne S ^a   Torheim, Liv Elin ^a   Chandyo, Ram K ^b,c,d   Ulak, Manjeswori ^d   Shrestha, Sanjaya K ^c,d,e   Shrestha, Binob ^e   Pripp, Are Hugo ^a   Henjum, Sigrun ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

birth cohort; complementary feeding; infant and child nutrition; low income countries; micronutrients; Nepal

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEPAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85044331996     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12552     Document Type: Article

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