Indian social safety net programs as platforms for introducing wheat flour fortification: A case study of Gujarat, India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-30

  Fiedler, John L ^a   Babu, Sunil ^b   Smitz, Marc Francois ^a   Lividini, Keith ^a   Bermudez, Odilia ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Food policy; Fortification; Household consumption and expenditures surveys (HCES); Micronutrient deficiencies; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; WHEAT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84859076467     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651203300102     Document Type: Article

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