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

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

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210501

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

Gulshan Ara ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gulshan.ara@icddrb.org

Affiliation icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-5952

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Mansura Khanam,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Ahmed Shafiqur Rahman,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Zhahirul Islam,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Shahriar Farhad,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Kazi Istiaque Sanin,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Sihan Sadat Khan,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mohammad Mahbobor Rahman,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation United Nations World Food Programme, IDB Bhaban, Begum Rokeya Sarani, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Herma Majoor,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United Nations World Food Programme, IDB Bhaban, Begum Rokeya Sarani, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Tahmeed Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Effectiveness of micronutrient-fortified rice consumption on anaemia and zinc status among vulnerable women in Bangladesh

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

Published: January 10, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210501

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