Iron-deficiency anaemia in rural Cambodia: Community trial of a novel iron supplementation technique

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Charles, Christopher V ^a   Dewey, Cate E ^a   Daniell, William E ^b   Summerlee, Alastair J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

developing country; iron cooking pots; iron ingot; iron deficiency anaemia; randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAMBODIA; COOKING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79251504952     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp237     Document Type: Article

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