Iron Fortification of Whole Wheat Flour Reduces Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia and Increases Body Iron Stores in Indian School-Aged Children1-4

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1997-2003

  Muthayya, Sumithra ^a,d   Thankachan, Prashanth ^a   Hirve, Siddhivinayak ^b   Amalrajan, Vani ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Lubree, Himangi ^b   Agarwal, Dhiraj ^b   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^a   Hurrell, Richard F ^c   Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^b   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FLOUR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FLOUR; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84869118300     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.155135     Document Type: Article

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