Revisiting dietary iron requirement and deficiency in Indian women: Implications for food iron fortification and supplementation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 366-371

  Ghosh, Santu ^a   Sinha, Srishti ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Sachdev, Harshpal S ^b   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

EAR; Iron requirement; Risk of deficiency; Risk of excess; TUL

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; INDIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON, DIETARY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85062430286     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxy283     Document Type: Article

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