Can iron supplementation be reconciled with benefits and risks in areas hyperendemic for malaria?

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-356

  Schümann, Klaus ^a   Solomons, Noel W ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Anemia screening; Evolution; Malaria prophylaxis; Slow release iron compounds; Targeted iron therapy

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; IRON; MALARIA; PATHOGEN;

PEMBA ISLAND; TANZANIA;

EID: 84889817465     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651303400307     Document Type: Article

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