Why nutritional iron deficiency persists as a worldwide problem

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Lynch, Sean R ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; BABY FOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GOITER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION STUDY; SCREENING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERRITINS; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; IRON; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79955485533     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.130609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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