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Nutritional Anaemias
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Book : Nutritional Anaemias
Language : English Library : Social Phsician Publish Place : Geneva Volume : 503 Publish Date : 00 1972 Publisher : World Health Organization WHO Book Type : Report Book Number : 3450 |
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INDEX
CONTENTS
1. Introduction..............
2. General considerations..........
3. Methodology...............
Standardization of laboratory procedures Haemoglobin and packed cell volume
Serum iron........
Transferrin........
Erythrocyte protoporphyrin
Folate and vitamin B12
Standardization of survey methods.........
4. Prevalence studies .................
Iron deficiency................
Folate and vitamin B12 deficiency........
5. The occurrence and absorption of haemopoietic nutrients .
Iron......................
Absorption from single foods..........
Effects of interaction between foods.......
Absorption from the whole diet.........
Folate......................
Occurrence of folate..............
Folate absorption and utilization........
Factors that may interfere with folate absorption . Vitamin B12...................
6. Recommended intakes................
Iron......................
Folate.....................
VitaminB12 ...................
7. Iron and folate supplementation in pregnancy......
8. Evaluation of fortification programmes ........
9. Recommendations .................
Annex 1. Glossary.....................
Annex 2. Indices suggestive of anaemia and nutritional deficiencies
