Definition and prevalence of anemia in Bolivian women of childbearing age living at high altitudes: The effect of iron-folate supplementation

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 247-256

  Berger, Jacques ^a   Aguayo, Víctor M ^a   San Miguel, José Luis ^b   Lujan, Carmen ^b   Tellez, Wilma ^b   Traissac, Pierre ^a  

^a Inst Francais Rech Sci pour le D   (France)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030929172     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb01612.x     Document Type: Article

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