Safety of iron-fortified foods in malaria-endemic areas

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1949-1950

  Verhoef, Hans ^a   Veenemans, Jacobien ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ANEMIA; BACTEREMIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD SAFETY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON RESTRICTION; LETTER; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; SALMONELLOSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NOTE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON; MALARIA;

EID: 66849135280     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27785     Document Type: Letter

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