Preventing Iron Deficiency Through Food Fortification
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A community public health programme to control iron-deficiency anemia through iron-fortification of drinking water
On a global basic, an estimated 2 billion people are iron deficient or anaemic with small children and child bearing age women most likely to be affected. In Brazil a recent 2009 meta-analysis of anaemia considered it to be a serious public health problem affecting 53% of children under 5 years. Fortification and supplementation of food can make and important contribution to the reduction of ir...
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4 Ruth Blanco-Rojo, Ana M. Pérez-Granados, Laura Toxqui, Carmen González-Vizcayno, 5 Marco A. Delgado and M. Pilar Vaquero* 6 Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN), 7 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), C/José Antonio Novais 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain 8 Clinical Analysis Laboratory, Madrid Salud, Madrid, Spain 9 Grupo Leche Pas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Reviews
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0029-6643,1753-4887
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb01608.x