Adolescent schoolgirls: Daily or weekly iron supplementation?

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-434

  Jayatissa, Renuka ^a,b   Piyasena, Chandrani ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; IRON; NUTRITION;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0033510246     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482659902000407     Document Type: Article

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