Acceptability of the use of iron cooking pots to reduce anaemia in developing countries

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 619-624

  Geerligs, Paul Prinsen ^a   Brabin, Bernard ^a,b   Mkumbwa, Albert ^c   Broadhead, Robin ^c   Cuevas, Luis E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron cooking pots

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALAWI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ALUMINUM; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COOKERY; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; IRON; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0036792070     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002341     Document Type: Article

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