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Interdependence of vitamin A and iron: an important association for programmes of anaemia control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Martin W. Bloem
Martin W. Bloem
Affiliation:
Helen Keller International/Indonesia, PO Box 4338, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Symposium on ‘Micronutrient interactions’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , July 1995 , pp. 501 - 508
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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