Iron fortification and iron supplementation are cost-effective interventions to reduce iron deficiency in four subregions of the world

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2678-2684

  Baltussen, Rob ^a   Knai, Cécile ^b   Sharan, Mona ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cost analysis; Economic evaluation; Iron deficiency; Maternal health

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4744363526     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.10.2678     Document Type: Article

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