Weekly iron intervention: The case for intermittent iron supplementation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-212

  Beard, John L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON DERIVATIVE;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; NUTRITION;

EID: 0031902138     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.2.209     Document Type: Note

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