Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions?
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects more than 3.5 people in the developing world. More than half of pregnant women (56 percent) and 44 percent of nonpregnant women are anemic (ACC/SCN 2000). IDA contributes to approximately 20 percent of maternal deaths in Africa and Asia (Ross and Thomas 1996). In...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2003
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157506 |
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