Impact of dietary iron intake on anaemia in Tanzanian schoolchildren

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 94-100

  Tatala, Simon ^a   Ndossi, Godwin ^a   Svanberg, Ulf ^b   Ash, Deborah ^c  

^a Department of Food Science/Nutrition   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FAT; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARASITOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13444288123     PISSN: 10118578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2004.11734026     Document Type: Article

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