Effectiveness of micronutrient-fortified rice consumption on anaemia and zinc status among vulnerable women in Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Ara, Gulshan ^a   Khanam, Mansura ^a   Rahman, Ahmed Shafiqur ^a   Islam, Zhahirul ^a   Farhad, Shahriar ^a   Sanin, Kazi Istiaque ^a   Khan, Sihan Sadat ^a   Rahman, Mohammad Mahbobor ^b   Majoor, Herma ^b   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b IDB Bhaban   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOFORTIFICATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORTIFIED FOOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RICE; SOCIAL STATUS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; ORYZA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; ORYZA; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 85059829140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210501     Document Type: Article

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