A new concept in the control of iron deficiency: Community-based preventive supplementation of at-risk groups by the weekly intake of iron supplements

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-60

  Viteri, Fernando E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MONITORING; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG MONITORING; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032018433     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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