Acceptability of micronutrient sprinkles: A new food-based approach for delivering iron to First Nations and Inuit children in Northern Canada

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 114-120

  Christofides, Anna ^a   Schauer, Claudia ^a   Sharieff, Waseem ^a   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

First Nations; Inuit; Iron deficiency anemia; Iron supplement; Sprinkles

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ABORIGINE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VOMITING;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CANADA; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INUITS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 32644454194     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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