Assessment of drinking water fortification with iron plus ascorbic acid or ascorbic acid alone in daycare centers as a strategy to control iron-deficiency anemia and iron deficiency: A randomized blind clinical study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-46

  De almeida, Carlos A N ^a   De mello, Elza D ^b   Ramos, Adriana P R ^c   João, Camila A ^a   João, Carolina R ^a   Dutra de oliveira, José E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c Laboratory of Ribeirao Preto University   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Health education; Iron deficiency; Nutrition assessment

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; DRINKING WATER; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; PROTEIN; RETINOL; SODIUM METABISULFITE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIBER; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANEMIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAZIL; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

EID: 84893366876     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt071     Document Type: Article

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