A blinded, cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled school feedingtrial in burundi using rice fortified with Iron, zinc, thiamine, and folic acid

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 481-492

  Parker, Megan E ^a   Mosites, Emily ^b   Reider, Kathryn ^c   Ndayishimiye, Nicolas ^d   Waring, Melody ^e   Nyandimbane, Gloriose ^f   Masumbuko, Dominique ^f   Ndikuriyo, Leonidas ^f   Matthias, Dipika ^a  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c World Vision International   (United States)

^d ISTEEBU   (Burundi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f World Vision Burundi   (Burundi)

Author keywords

Anemia; Burundi; Fortified rice; Hemoglobin; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; HEMOGLOBIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRACE ELEMENT;

BURUNDI;

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BURUNDI; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; ORYZA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BURUNDI; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; ORYZA; PLACEBOS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THIAMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC;

EID: 84986557894     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572115615234     Document Type: Article

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