Five decades of trends in anemia in Israeli infants: Implications for food fortification policy

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 82-87

  Nitzan Kaluski, D ^a,b   Leventhal, A ^a,c   Averbuch, Y ^a   Rishpon, S ^a   Cohen Dar, M ^a   Habib, S ^a   Bellmaker, I ^a   Rubin, L ^a   Rachmiel, S ^a   Amitai, Y ^a   Palti, H ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Iron deficiency anemia; Iron fortification; Iron supplementation; Israel; Jews

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0035138305     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601119     Document Type: Article

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