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  • Title: Iron, folate and vitamin B12 nutrition and anaemia in black preschool children in the northern Transvaal.
    Author: van der Westhuyzen J, van Tonder SV, Gilbertson I, Metz J.
    Journal: S Afr Med J; 1986 Aug 02; 70(3):143-6. PubMed ID: 3738639.
    Abstract:
    The prevalence of anaemia and deficiencies of iron, folate and vitamin B12 were investigated in 140 rural black preschool children aged 3-5 years living in five different villages in the Letaba area, near Tzaneen. Anaemia was highly prevalent, 39.2% of the children having haemoglobin levels below 11.1 g/dl. Approximately 10% were considered to be iron-deficient. On the basis of subnormal red cell folate values, 1 in 4 children was folate-deficient, suggesting the need for intervention at the community level such as enrichment of the staple foodstuff, maize meal, with folic acid.
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