Effectiveness of a program intervention with reduced-iron multiple micronutrient powders on iron status, morbidity and growth in young children in Ethiopia

Nutrients

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Samuel, Aregash ^a,b   Brouwer, Inge D ^b   Feskens, Edith J M ^b   Adish, Abdulaziz ^c   Kebede, Amha ^a   De Regil, Luz Maria ^d   Osendarp, Saskia J M ^b,d  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL   (Ethiopia)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth; Infant and young child feeding; Micronutrient powders; Morbidity; Program effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; MIXME; NIACIN AMIDE; OROSOMUCOID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERROUS ION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT FOR AGE DIFFERENCE; HEIGHT FOR AGE Z SCORE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT FOR AGE Z SCORE; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT Z SCORE; AGE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GROWTH DISORDER; INCIDENCE; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POWDER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POWDERS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85055077084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu10101508     Document Type: Article

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