Efficacy of Double Fortified Salt (DFS) to Improve Work Productivity in Women in India

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

248

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2009

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2010

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2010

Conditions
AnemiaIron Deficiency
Interventions
OTHER

double fortified salt

Refined salt of particle size \< 1 mm iodized with potassium iodate (KIO3) at a concentration of 30 µg I/g salt at the factory will be purchased and blended with encapsulated Ferrous Fumarate premix containing 15% iron. Premix to salt ratio of 1 to 150 will be used to arrive at 1000 ppm elemental iron in the final product.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Micronutrient Initiative, Panighatta Tea Estate

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

McGill University

OTHER

collaborator

Cornell University

OTHER

collaborator

The Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition

OTHER

lead

Micronutrient Initiative

OTHER