Effect of daily versus once-weekly home fortification with micronutrient Sprinkles on hemoglobin and iron status among young children in rural Bangladesh

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-164

  Ziauddin Hyder, S M ^a   Haseen, Farhana ^b   Rahman, Mizanur ^b   Tondeur, Mélody C ^c   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Research and Evaluation Division   (Bangladesh)

^c Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Children; Daily; Iron; Iron deficiency anemia; Sprinkles; Weekly

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BODY CONDITION; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RURAL AREA; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34250360605     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800204     Document Type: Article

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