About the Authors

Sunil Sazawal

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Center for Micronutrient Research, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India

Usha Dhingra

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Girish Hiremath

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Archana Sarkar

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Center for Micronutrient Research, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India

Pratibha Dhingra

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Center for Micronutrient Research, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India

Arup Dutta

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Priti Verma

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Center for Micronutrient Research, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India

Venugopal P. Menon

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Center for Micronutrient Research, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India

Robert E. Black

rblack@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Fonterra Brands (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. funded the study and supplied the milks.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS VPM REB. Performed the experiments: SS AS PD PV. Analyzed the data: SS UD AD VPM REB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS UD AS PD PV. Wrote the paper: SS UD GH AS PD PV VPM REB. Edited the Paper: UD AD. Interpreted the results: AS PD VPM REB.