The effects of iron fortification on the gut microbiota in African children: A randomized controlled trial in Côte d'Ivoire

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1406-1415

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b   Chassard, Christophe ^a   Rohner, Fabian ^a   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^c,d   Nindjin, Charlemagne ^c   Dostal, Alexandra ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^e   Ghattas, Hala ^f   Lacroix, Christophe ^a   Hurrell, Richard F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTERITIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON INTAKE; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BACTERIA; BREAD; CHILD; COLON; COTE D'IVOIRE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IRON; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MALE; METAGENOME;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; VERMES;

EID: 78651316655     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.004564     Document Type: Article

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