Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for health and nutrition in children under two years of age

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2020, Issue 2, 2020, Pages

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b   Jefferds, Maria Elena D ^b   Ota, Erika ^c   da Silva Lopes, Katharina ^c   De Regil, Luz Maria ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LMD int   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MINERAL; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; ZINC;

AGE; ANEMIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIARRHEA; FOOD INTAKE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AVITAMINOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 85081934092     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008959.pub3     Document Type: Review

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