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Fortification strategies to combat zinc and iron deficiency
Maria Jimena Salgueiro1, Marcela Zubillaga, Alexis Lysionek
1Radioisotope Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Nutrition Reviews
|February 21, 2002
Abstract:
Food fortification is an important strategy to combat iron and zinc deficiency. This review covers the basic concepts of food fortification, as well as its advantages and disadvantages. The main characteristics of the most common zinc and iron compounds used in this procedure are also analyzed.