Double Fortified Salt Intervention Improved Iron Intake But Not Energy and Other Nutrient Intakes in Female Tea Plantation Workers From West Bengal, India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 369-383

  Venkatramanan, Sudha ^a,b   Marquis, Grace ^a   Neufeld, Lynnette ^c,d   Wenger, Michael ^e   Murray Kolb, Laura ^f   Reinhart, Gregory ^g   Haas, Jere ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^d MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

dietary assessment; double fortified salt; India; iron deficiency; nutritional status

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; IODINE; IRON; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

IRON;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALT INTAKE; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; FARMERS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85030240353     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572117718121     Document Type: Article

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