Long-term weekly iron supplementation improves and sustains nonpregnant women's iron status as well or better than currently recommended short-term daily supplementation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2013-2020

  Viteri, Fernando E ^a   Ali, Farah ^a   Tujague, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily supplementation; Iron; Iron status; Weekly supplementation; Women

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032703210     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.11.2013     Document Type: Article

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