The effect on haemoglobin of the use of iron cooking pots in rural Malawian households in an area with high malaria prevalence: A randomized trial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 310-315

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

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haemoglobin; Iron cooking utensils; Malaria; Malawi

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

COOKING APPLIANCE; HEMOGLOBIN; MALARIA; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALUMINUM; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH;

MALAWI;

EID: 0037397704     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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