Control of iron deficiency anemia in low- and middle-income countries

Blood

Volumn 121, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2607-2617

  Pasricha, Sant Rayn ^a,b,c   Drakesmith, Hal ^c   Black, James ^a   Hipgrave, David ^b   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALARIA; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; POWDER; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SUPPLEMENTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH; INCOME;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INCOME; IRON; WORLD HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878252983     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-09-453522     Document Type: Review

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