Importance of adequate vitamin A status during iron supplementation

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 306-307

  Ribaya Mercado, Judy D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030767363     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb05490.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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