Predicted efficacy of the Palestinian wheat flour fortification programme: Complementary analysis of biochemical and dietary data

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1358-1368

  Abdeen, Ziad ^a   Ramlawi, Asa'D ^b   Qaswari, Radwan ^a   Alrub, Ala Abu ^b   Dary, Omar ^c,f   Rambeloson, Zo ^c   Shahab Ferdows, Setareh ^d   Dror, Daphna ^d   Allen, Lindsay H ^d   Carriquiry, Alicia ^e   Salman, Rand ^c,g   Dkeidek, Sahar ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Ministry of Health Palestine   (Palestine)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e Iowa State University   (United States)

^f UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flour fortification; Gaza; Nutritional status; Palestinian Authority; West Bank

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON INTAKE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARAB; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WHEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FASTING; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRITICUM; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84928532741     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014001554     Document Type: Article

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