Relationship of the availability of micronutrient powder with iron status and hemoglobin among women and children in the Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-291

  Ndemwa, Philip ^a   Klotz, Christine L ^b   Mwaniki, David ^a   Sun, Kai ^c   Muniu, Erastus ^a   Andango, Pauline ^a   Owigar, Joyce ^b   Rah, Jee Hyun ^c   Kraemer, Klaus ^c   Spiegel, Paul B ^d   Bloem, Martin W ^b   De Pee, Saskia ^b   Semba, Richard D ^e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b World Food Programme   (Italy)

^c Sight and Life   (Switzerland)

^d United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Hemoglobin; Iron; Micronutrient powder; Refugees; Women

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBEARING; EDTA; IRON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEE;

KENYA;

EID: 80052718524     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200314     Document Type: Article

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