Food-Based Interventions to Modify Diet Quality and Diversity to Address Multiple Micronutrient Deficiency

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Nair, Madhavan K ^a   Augustine, Little Flower ^a   Konapur, Archana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

developing countries; diet quality; dietary diversity; food synergy; micronutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118793440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00277     Document Type: Review

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