Effect of iron supplementation on serum zinc status of lactating women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 349-352

  Haidar, J ^a   Umeta, M ^a   Kogi Makau, W ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; LACTATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; LACTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; ZINC;

EID: 27544459337     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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