Fortification of maize flour with iron for controlling anaemia and iron deficiency in populations

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Garcia Casal, Maria N ^a   Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^a   De Regil, Luz Maria ^b   Gwirtz, Jeffrey A ^c   Pasricha, Sant Rayn ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; HEMOGLOBIN A; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; BIOFORTIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLOUR; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MAIZE; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FLOUR; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNCERTAINTY; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85058999427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010187.pub2     Document Type: Review

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