Fortification of drinking water to control iron-deficiency anemia in preschool children

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Dutra de Oliveira, José Eduardo ^a   Lamounier, Joel A ^b   de Almeida, Carlos A Nogueira ^c   Marchini, Julio Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Drinking water; Food vehicles; Iron compounds; Iron fortification; Iron deficiency anemia; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MALNUTRITION; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

RATTUS;

DRINKING WATER; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DAY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; REVIEW; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRINKING; DRINKING WATER; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RATS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 34250342509     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800206     Document Type: Review

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