Iron sufficiency of Canadians

Health Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Cooper, Marcia ^a   Greene Finestone, Linda ^b   Lowell, Hélène ^c   Levesque, Johanne ^d   Robinson, Stacey ^d  

^a Nutrition Research Division   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anemia; Dietary supplements; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872857048     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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