Double-blind cluster randomised controlled trial of wheat flour chapatti fortified with micronutrients on the status of vitamin A and iron in school-aged children in rural Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-131

  Rahman, Ahmed S ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Ahmed, Faiz ^a   Alam, Mohammad S ^a   Wahed, Mohammad A ^a   Sack, David A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Controlled trial; Iron; Micronutrient fortification; School aged children; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; NICOTINAMIDE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; THIAMINE; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC OXIDE; IRON INTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHAPATTI; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEAT FLOUR; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET THERAPY; FLOUR; FORTIFIED FOOD; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FLOUR; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; TRITICUM; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84953872094     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12065     Document Type: Article

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