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Effectiveness of the nutritional supplement used in the Mexican Oportunidades programme on growth, anaemia, morbidity and cognitive development in children aged 12–24 months

Jorge L. Rosado, Patricia López, Olga P. García, Javier Alatorre, C. Alvarado

Public Health Nutrition · 2010 · 22 citations · 9 references

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Daily supplementation of 12-24-month-old children with OFS has no additional benefits in growth, anaemia, morbidity or cognitive performance.

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Zinc supplementation reduced morbidity, but neither zinc nor iron supplementation affected growth or body composition of Mexican preschoolers

J A Bergado Rosado, Elsa Muñoz, LH Allen · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1997 · 218 citations · Full text

Lack of hemoglobin response to iron supplementation in anemic Mexican preschoolers with multiple micronutrient deficiencies

Lindsay H. Allen, Jorge L. Rosado, Jennifer Casterline et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2000 · 167 citations · Full text

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The Oportunidades Program Increases the Linear Growth of Children Enrolled at Young Ages in Urban Mexico

Jef L Leroy, Armando García‐Guerra, Raquel García et al. · Journal of Nutrition · 2008 · 113 citations

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