Dietary strategies for improving iron status: Balancing safety and efficacy

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-60

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b   Mendoza, Yery A ^c   Pereira, Dora ^a   Cerami, Carla ^a,d,e   Wegmuller, Rita ^a,b   Constable, Anne ^c   Spieldenner, Jorg ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food fortification; Iron; Safety; Staple foods; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BIOFORTIFICATION; DIET; FOOD; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FORTIFIED FOOD; IRON INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHARMACOKINETICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOFORTIFICATION; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85014063170     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw055     Document Type: Article

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