Multimicronutrient interventions but not vitamin a or iron interventions alone improve child growth: results of 3 meta-analyses.

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  2004

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  Journal of NutriLife

• Publication date

  2004-10-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/JN/134.10.2592PMID 15465753
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