Assessing alternative industrial fortification portfolios: A Bangladesh case study

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-74

  Fiedler, John L ^a   Lividini, Keith ^a   Guyondet, Christophe ^b   Bermudez, Odilia I ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Fortification; Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey (HCES); Household surveys; Micronutrients; Nutrition; Nutrition policy; Portfolio

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE OIL; VITAMIN;

BANGLADESH;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

IRON; RETINOL; VEGETABLE OIL; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; BANGLADESH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FLOUR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; WHEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PLANT OILS; TRITICUM; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84930242212     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651503600106     Document Type: Article

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