Effect of consumption of food cooked in iron pots on iron status and growth of young children: A randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9154, 1999, Pages 712-716

  Adish, Abdulaziz A ^a   Esrey, Steven A ^a,b   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^c   Jean Baptiste, Johanne ^d   Rojhani, Arezoo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; KITCHEN; LEGUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033608363     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)04450-X     Document Type: Article

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