Micronutrients and Anaemia
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Micronutrients and Anaemia
Micronutrient deficiencies and anaemia remain as major health concerns for children in Bangladesh. Among the micronutrient interventions, supplementation with vitamin A to children aged less than five years has been the most successful, especially after distribution of vitamin A was combined with National Immunization Days. Although salt sold in Bangladesh is intended to contain iodine, much of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1606-0997
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v26i3.1900