Iron deficiency: Causes, consequences, and strategies to overcome this nutritional problem

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-31

  Boccio, José R ^a   Iyengar, Venkatesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anemia; Food; Fortification; Iron; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMINO ACID; CHELATE; EDETIC ACID; FERRIC AMMONIUM CITRATE; FERRIC AMMONIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATE; FERRIC PHOSPHATE; FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS GLUCONATE; FERROUS LACTATE; FERROUS SUCCINATE; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE; IRON SACCHARATE; METAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSORPTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD HEALTH; CONDIMENT; CONSTIPATION; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMICS; FEVER; FITNESS; FOOD; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARTBURN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INJECTION SITE; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; MALAISE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MICROENCAPSULATION; NAUSEA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILL; PREGNANCY; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOLUBILITY; SPICE; STOMACH JUICE; THERMOREGULATION; TOOTH; TOXICITY; URTICARIA; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0042090173     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:94:1:1     Document Type: Article

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