Dual fortification of salt with iodine and microencapsulated iron: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial in Moroccan schoolchildren

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-432

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a   Zeder, Christophe ^a   Chaouki, Noureddine ^b   Saad, Amina ^b   Torresani, Toni ^c   Hurrell, Richard F ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Deficiency; Dual; Fortification; Goiter; Hypothyroidism; Iodine; Iron; Morocco; Salt

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; FOOD ADDITIVE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROENCAPSULATION; MINERAL INTAKE; MOROCCO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0037304788     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.2.425     Document Type: Article

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