Implementing Preventive Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation Among Women of Reproductive Age in Some Western Pacific Countries: Possibilities and Challenges

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL.2, 2005, Pages

  Smitasiri, Suttilak ^a   Solon, Florentino S ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Nutrition Center of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Iron nutrition; Preventive supplementation; Social marketing; Weekly iron folic acid supplements; Western Pacific region

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY CARE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33644866306     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2005.tb00165.x     Document Type: Article

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