Adherence to multiple micronutrient powder among young children in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Angdembe, Mirak Raj ^a,b   Choudhury, Nuzhat ^b,c   Haque, Mohammad Raisul ^d   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^b,c  

^a POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adherence; Bangladesh; Multiple micronutrient powder; Young children

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84929162775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1752-z     Document Type: Article

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