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Iron-fortified water: a new approach for reducing iron deficiency anemia in resource-constrained settings
A new approach for fortification of drinking water is presented for combating iron deficiency anemia (IDA) worldwide. The idea is to leach Fe from a bed containing granular metallic iron (Fe(0)), primarily using ascorbic acid (AA). AA forms very stable and bioavailable complexes with ferrous iron (F...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10442336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37604937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40600-z |