Nutritional Anaemias
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTS Introduction........ 1. The problem....... 2. Standardization of methods Vitamin B12 and folate in serum . Iron in serum.......... Haemoglobin.......... 3. Criteria for the diagnosis of anaemia . 4. WHO studies of anaemia of pregnancy Israel ............. Warsaw, Poland........ New Delhi, India........ Vellore, Madras State, India . . . Mexico Caracas, Venezuela....... Therapeutic trials........ 5. Iron deficiency............ Absorption of food iron...... Loss of body iron......... -Tissue iron stores Role of parasitic infection in iron loss Iron requirements......... 6. Vitamin B12 and folate deficiency Criteria for the diagnosis of deficiency Requirements........... 7. Prevention of nutritional anaemias......... General sanitary and dietary measures...... Food enrichment............... Iron supplementation in pregnancy...... . Mass treatment of iron deficiency in schoolchildren 8. Co-ordination of research on nutritional anaemia WHO collaborative studies........... 9. Summary of recommendations............ Acknowledgements.................. Annex. Results of WHO studies of anaemia of pregnancy  |
