Iron Deficiency Is Unacceptably High in Refugee Children from Burma

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4143-4149

  Kemmer, Teresa M ^a,b   Bovill, Maria E ^c   Kongsomboon, Wantanee ^d   Hansch, Steven J ^a,e   Geisler, Karen L ^b   Cheney, Carrie ^e   Shell Duncan, Bettina K ^f   Drewnowski, Adam ^f  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Micronutrient; Refugee; Zinc protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE;

EID: 0344738780     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.12.4143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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