Double-fortified salt is efficacious in improving indicators of iron deficiency in female indian tea pickers

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 957-964

  Haas, Jere D ^a   Rahn, Maike ^a   Venkatramanan, Sudha ^b   Marquis, Grace S ^b   Wenger, Michael J ^c   Murray Kolb, Laura E ^d   Wesley, Annie S ^e   Reinhart, Gregory A ^f  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE FORTIFIED SALT; FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; IODATES; IODINE; IRON, DIETARY; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901311981     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.183228     Document Type: Article

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