A Question Mark on Iron Deficiency in 185 Million People of Pakistan: Its Outcomes and Prevention

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1617-1635

  Ahmed, Anwaar ^a   Ahmad, Asif ^a   Khalid, Nauman ^b   David, Angel ^a   Sandhu, Mansoor Abdullah ^a   Randhawa, Muhammad Atif ^c   Suleria, Hafiz Ansar Rasul ^c  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Iron; iron deficiency anemia; out ways; Pakistan; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; LOSSES; OBSTETRICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ECONOMIC LOSS; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; OUT WAYS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY;

IRON;

BLOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896853157     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.645087     Document Type: Article

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