Use of iron-fortified rice reduces anemia in infants

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 475-480

  Arcanjo, Francisco Plácido Nogueira ^a   Santos, Paulo Roberto ^a   Arcanjo, Caio Plácido Costa ^b   Amancio, Olga Maria Silverio ^c   Braga, Josefina Aparecida Pellegrini ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Fortification; Hemoglobins; Infants; Iron; Rice

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON FORTIFIED RICE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORYZA SATIVA; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870403191     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms021     Document Type: Article

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