Home fortification with calcium reduces Hb response to iron among anaemic Bangladeshi infants consuming a new multi-micronutrient powder formulation

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1578-1586

  Khan, Waqas Ullah ^a,b   Shafique, Sohana ^a,b   Shikder, Hasina ^c   Shakur, Yaseer Abdul ^a,b   Sellen, Daniel W ^a   Chowdhury, Jalal S ^c,d   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Calcium deficiency; Infants; Iron deficiency anaemia; Micronutrient powder

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; NUTRITION POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901839124     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001742     Document Type: Article

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