Is iron deficiency a major cause of the high prevalence of anemia in non-pregnant Cambodian women of reproductive age? : evidence from a cross-sectional survey and a randomized controlled trial

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Is iron deficiency a major cause of the high prevalence of anemia in non-pregnant Cambodian women of reproductive age? : evidence from a cross-sectional survey and a randomized controlled trial Karakochuk, Crystal D.

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Despite a high prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant Cambodian women, recent reports suggest iron deficiency prevalence is low. If true, iron supplementation will not reduce anemia. In Phase I, we investigated factors associated with hemoglobin, ferritin, and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) concentrations in 450 women 18-45 years in Prey Veng province. Overall, 54% had a genetic hemoglobin disorder, 29.5% had anemia (hemoglobin

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Title	Is iron deficiency a major cause of the high prevalence of anemia in non-pregnant Cambodian women of reproductive age? : evidence from a cross-sectional survey and a randomized controlled trial
Creator	Karakochuk, Crystal D.
Publisher	University of British Columbia
Date Issued	2016
Description	Despite a high prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant Cambodian women, recent reports suggest iron deficiency prevalence is low. If true, iron supplementation will not reduce anemia. In Phase I, we investigated factors associated with hemoglobin, ferritin, and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) concentrations in 450 women 18-45 years in Prey Veng province. Overall, 54% had a genetic hemoglobin disorder, 29.5% had anemia (hemoglobin
Genre	Thesis/Dissertation
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2017-06-30
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0340471
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/60116
Degree (Theses)	Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Program (Theses)	Human Nutrition
Affiliation	Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
Degree Grantor	University of British Columbia
Graduation Date	2017-02
Campus	UBCV
Scholarly Level	Graduate
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Is iron deficiency a major cause of the high prevalence of anemia in non-pregnant Cambodian women of reproductive age? : evidence from a cross-sectional survey and a randomized controlled trial Karakochuk, Crystal D.

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