The potential of increased meat intake to improve iron nutrition in rural Kenyan schoolchildren

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-198

  Grillenberger, Monika ^a   Murphy, Suzanne P ^b   Neumann, Charlotte G ^c   Bwibo, Nimrod O ^d   Verhoef, Hans ^a   Hautvast, Joseph G A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Iron bioavailability; Iron status; Kenya; Meat intake; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; KENYA; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEME; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; KENYA; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 35348976140     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.77.3.193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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