Impact of micronutrient fortification of yoghurt on micronutrient status markers and growth - A randomized double blind controlled trial among school children in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sazawal, Sunil ^a   Habib, Akm Ahsan ^c   Dhingra, Usha ^a   Dutta, Arup ^b   Dhingra, Pratibha ^b   Sarkar, Archana ^b   Deb, Saikat ^b   Alam, Jahangir ^c   Husna, Asmaul ^c   Black, Robert E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Iodine; Micronutrient fortification; Retinol binding protein; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRACE ELEMENT; YOGHURT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOGURT;

EID: 84878254585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-514     Document Type: Article

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