Dietary strategies for improving iron status: balancing safety and efficacy
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Dietary strategies for improving iron status: balancing safety and efficacy
In light of evidence that high-dose iron supplements lead to a range of adverse events in low-income settings, the safety and efficacy of lower doses of iron provided through biological or industrial fortification of foodstuffs is reviewed. First, strategies for point-of-manufacture chemical fortification are compared with biofortification achieved through plant breeding. Recent insights into t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Reviews
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0029-6643,1753-4887
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw055