Iron release from the Lucky Iron Fish®: Safety considerations

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 148-155

  Armstrong, Gavin R ^a   Dewey, Cate E ^a   Summerlee, Alastair J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Food safety; Iron deficiency; Iron release; Lucky Iron Fish

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; IRON; WATER;

ANALYSIS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAMBODIA; CHEMISTRY; COOKING; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEAT; HUMAN; PH; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TASTE; TIME FACTOR;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAMBODIA; COOKING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; RURAL POPULATION; TASTE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 85010788253     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.102015.14     Document Type: Article

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