510
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2007
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2007
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2007
worm treatment and multiple micronutrient fortified biscuits
"A single dose of intestinal anthelminthic treatment as orange-flavored chewable tablets containing 400 mg Albendazole (Vidoca, Thephaco, Vietnam) was given. Deworming was repeated with Albendazole for all children at the end of the study (after 4 months).~The composition and amount of nutrients in each serving of fortified biscuit were 6 mg iron, 5.6 mg zinc, 35µg iodine, 300 µg RAE vitamin A, 1.0 mg thiamin, 0.9 mg riboflavin, 1.1 mg vitamin B6, 10.5 mg NE niacin, 1.5 µg vitamin B12, 120 µg folic acid, 28 mg vitamin C, 150 mg calcium, 74 IU vitamin D, 40 mg magnesium, 6.8 µg selenium, 378 mg potassium, 70 mg phosphorus, 3.0 mg pantothenic acid, 2.8 µg vitamin E, 10 µg vitamin K and 18 µg biotin."
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom
Neys-van Hoogstraten Foundation, The Netherlands
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