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Biofortified β-carotene rice improves vitamin A intake and reduces the prevalence of inadequacy among women and young children in a simulated analysis in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines(1)

Background: Vitamin A deficiency continues to be a major public health problem affecting developing countries where people eat mostly rice as a staple food. In Asia, rice provides up to 80% of the total daily energy intake. Objective: We used existing data sets from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Ph...

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Autores principales: De Moura, Fabiana F, Moursi, Mourad, Donahue Angel, Moira, Angeles-Agdeppa, Imelda, Atmarita, Atmarita, Gironella, Glen M, Muslimatun, Siti, Carriquiry, Alicia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Nutrition 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27510534
http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.129270