Impact of multi-micronutrient fortified rice on hemoglobin, iron and vitamin a status of cambodian schoolchildren: A double-blind cluster-randomized controlled trial

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Perignon, Marlène ^a   Fiorentino, Marion ^a   Kuong, Khov ^b,c   Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine A ^c   Burja, Kurt ^b   Parker, Megan ^d   Chamnan, Chhoun ^b   Berger, Jacques ^a   Wierińga, Frank T ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (Cambodia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cambodia; Iron; Malnutrition; Micronutrient deficiencies; Micronutrient status; Nutrition intervention; Rice fortification; Schoolchildren; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; OROSOMUCOID; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE; RISK FACTOR; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CAMBODIA; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORYZA; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAMBODIA; CHILD; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORYZA; PREVALENCE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHOOLS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84953923592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8010029     Document Type: Article

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