Nutrition Research
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2003

Control of iron-deficiency anaemia in Brazilian preschool children using iron-fortified orange juice

  • Carlos Alberto Nogueira de Almeida

      Affiliations

    • University of Ribeirão Preto, CESNI (Centro de Estudos em Saúde e Nutrição Infanto-Juvenil), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Gerson C.láudio Crott

      Affiliations

    • University of Ribeirão Preto, CESNI (Centro de Estudos em Saúde e Nutrição Infanto-Juvenil), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Rubens G. Ricco

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Luiz A. Del Ciampo

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • José E. Dutra-de-Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Alessandro Cantolini

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 2 June 2002 ,Revised 14 September 2002 ,Accepted 16 September 2002.

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Nutrition Research
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