Effectiveness of a home fortification programme with multiple micronutrients on infant and young child development: A cluster-randomised trial in rural Bihar, India

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 176-187

  Larson, Leila M ^a   Young, Melissa F ^a,b   Bauer, Patricia J ^a   Mehta, Rukshan ^a   Girard, Amy Webb ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^a,b   Verma, Pankaj ^c   Chaudhuri, Indrajit ^c   Srikantiah, Sridhar ^c   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Patliputra Colony   (India)

Author keywords

Child development; Mental development; Micronutrients; Motor development; Multiple micronutrient powder

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUNSELING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME FORTIFICATION PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEMORY TEST; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PATERNAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORTIFIED FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SAMPLE SIZE;

HEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MOTOR SKILLS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85049653942     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451800140X     Document Type: Article

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