Lysine fortification of wheat flour improves selected indices of the nutritional status of predominantly cereal-eating families in Pakistan

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-122

  Hussain, Tajammal ^a   Abbas, Shaid ^b   Khan, Mushtaq A ^c   Scrimshaw, Nevin S ^d,e  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^c Planning and Development Division   (Pakistan)

^d International Nutrition Foundation   (United States)

^e UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fortification; Immunological status; Lysine; Nutritional status; Pakistan; Wheat flour

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH-WEST FRONTIER; PAKISTAN; PESHAWAR; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3042856035     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650402500202     Document Type: Article

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