Double-fortified salt reduces anemia, benefit:cost ratio is modestly favorable

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 581-587

  Horton, Sue ^a   Wesley, Annie ^b   Venkatesh Mannar, M G ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Economics; Fortification; Hemoglobin; Iron; Salt iodization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SALT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

INDIA;

EID: 80051906231     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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