Iron status of South African women working in a fruit-packing factory

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 439-445

  Wolmarans, P ^a   Dhansay, M A ^a   Mansvelt, E P G ^b   Laubscher, J A ^a   Benade A J S ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron deficiency; Iron status; Iron deficiency anaemia; Women

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEAT; MENSTRUATION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSFERRIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0042970385     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003460     Document Type: Article

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