Determinants of iron status and Hb in the Bangladesh population: The role of groundwater iron

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1862-1874

  Rahman, Sabuktagin ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Rahman, Ahmed Shafiqur ^a   Alam, Nurul ^a   Ahmed, A M Shamsir ^a,b   Ireen, Santhia ^a   Chowdhury, Ireen Akhter ^c   Chowdhury, Fatima Parveen ^d,e   Rahman, S M Mustafizur ^e,f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Ayesha Memorial Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^e Institute of Public Health Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^f MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Bangladesh; Groundwater; Iron

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GROUND WATER; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955562972     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015003651     Document Type: Article

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