Iron for Africa-report of an expert workshop

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Mwangi, Martin N ^a,b   Phiri, Kamija S ^c   Abkari, Abdelhak ^d   Gbané, Mory ^e   Bourdet Sicard, Raphaelle ^f   Braesco, Véronique Azaïs ^g   Zimmermann, Michael B ^h   Prentice, Andrew M ⁱ  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e National Public Health Institute   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Groupe Danone   (France)

^g VAB nutrition   (France)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemia; Benefit risk ratio; Biomarkers; Fortification; Iron deficiency; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPCIDIN; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCIENTIST; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKSHOP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; DEFICIENCY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020314021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9060576     Document Type: Article

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