Effect of long-term intermittent supplementation with multiple micronutrients compared with iron-and-folic acid supplementation on Hb and micronutrient status of non-anaemic adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1484-1493

  Ahmed, Faruk ^a   Khan, Moududur R ^b   Akhtaruzzaman, Mohammad ^b   Karim, Rezaul ^b   Williams, Gail ^c   Banu, Cadi P ^b   Nahar, Badrun ^b   Darnton Hill, Ian ^d  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Bangladesh; Micronutrients; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84867717585     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511006908     Document Type: Article

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