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Vitamin A status and body pool size of infants before and after consuming fortified home-based complementary foods

BACKGROUND: Home fortification using sachets of micronutrient powder (e.g. “Sprinkles”) is a food-based approach offering an alternative to high dose vitamin A (VA) supplements for infants. The primary objective was to investigate the impact of VA-home fortification on infant VA pool size. The secon...

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Autores principales: Newton, Sam, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Amoaful, Esi, Mahama, Emmanuel, Tchum, Samuel Kofi, Ali, Martha, Adjei, Kwame, Davis, Christopher R., Tanumihardjo, Sherry A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-016-0121-4