Iron is well absorbed by healthy adults after ingestion of double- fortified (iron and dextran-coated iodine) table salt and urinary iodine excretion is unaffected

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-121

  Sattarzadeh, Masoud ^a   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dextran coated iodine; Double fortified salt; Humans; Iron absorption

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DEXTRAN; FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; IRON 59; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON ABSORPTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0032951961     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.1.117     Document Type: Article

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