Impact of fortified biscuits on micronutrient deficiencies among primary school children in Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Alayne, M Adams ^a,b,c   Rushdia, Ahmed ^a   Mahbub Latif, A H M ^d,e   Sabrina, Rasheed ^a   Sumon, K Das ^a,f   Enamul, Hasib ^b   Fahmida, Dil Farzana ^a   Farzana, Ferdous ^g   Shahnawaz, Ahmed ^a   Asg, Faruque ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BISCUIT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DIET THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER;

ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 85017008157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174673     Document Type: Article

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