Tablets are preferred and more acceptable than powdered prenatal calcium supplements among pregnantwomen in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1106-1112

  Baxter, Jo Anna B ^a,b   Roth, Daniel E ^a,b   Mahmud, Abdullah Al ^c   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^c   Islam, Munirul ^c   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHEWABLE TABLET; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL TABLET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLAVORED POWDER; HUMAN; PALATABILITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POWDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TABLET; TABLET PROPERTY; UNFLAVORED POWDER; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POWDERS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TABLETS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904639678     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.188524     Document Type: Article

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