Iron deficiency anaemia in healthy South African women despite iron fortification

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 606-607

  Lawrie, Denise ^a   Coetzee, Lindi Marie ^a   Glencross, Deborah Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH AFRICA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 55949137486     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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