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Adaptation of IMCI Technical Guidelines and Training Matierals. WHO/CAH/CAS. 1999. IDPAS# 1854 Request Copy PDF Link to External Site
Anaemia Detection in the Health Services: Guidelines for Program Managers. Program for Appropriate Technologies Health (PATH). April. (1996): IDPAS# 014 Request Copy PDF
Anaemia Detection Methods in Low-Cost Settings: A Manual for Health Workers. PATH/OMNI. Dec. (1997): IDPAS# 453 Request Copy PDF
Anemia and Haemoglobin Status: A New Concept and a New Method of Assessment. Gross, R., Gliwitzki, & al., e. (1996). FNB 17: 27-33. IDPAS# 016 Request Copy PDF Link to External Site
Anemia Testing Manual for Population Based Studies. Sharmanov, A. Macro International. (2000): 29pgs IDPAS# 024 Request Copy PDF
Assessing Country Progress in Universal Salt Iodization Programs. Iodized Salt Program Assessment Tool(ISPAT). ICCIDD, MI, OMNI, PAMM, UNICEF, USAID, WHO. (1999): IDPAS# 428 Request Copy PDF
Assessment Tools Training. Parvanta, I., & Branca, F. (2002) Powerpoint. IDPAS# 2040 Request Copy PDF
Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Sustainable Community Nutrition Programming. Ndure, K., & Sy, M. AED publication based on African SARA project. (1999): 72pgs IDPAS# 034 Request Copy PDF
Care and Nutrition: Concepts and Measurements. Engle, P., Menton, P., & Haddad, L.Eds. IFPRI. (1997): 50pgs IDPAS# 050 Request Copy PDF
Changes in Haemoglobin Levels in Infants in Malawi: Effect of Low Birth Weight and Fetal Anaemia. le Cessie, S., Verhoeff, F. H., Mengistie, G., Kazembe, P., Broadhead, R., & Brabin, B. J. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal Edition. 2002;86 (3): F182-7. IDPAS# 1888 Request Copy Link to Full Text on External Site
Current Trends CDC Criteria for Anemia in Children and Childbearing-Aged Women. (1989). CDC Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report 38: 400-404. IDPAS# 548 Request Copy Link to Full Text on External Site
Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency(1984). Iron Deficiency in Women INACG, Washington DC, USA. IDPAS# 062 Request Copy PDF
Estimating the Prevalence of Anaemia: A Comparison of Three Methods. Sari, M., de_Pee, S., Martini, E., Herman, S., Sugiatmi, Bloem, M., & Yip, R. (2001). Bulletin of the World Health Organization 79: 506-511. IDPAS# 605 Request Copy PDF Link to External Site
Follow Up After Training: Reinforcing the IMCI Skills of First-level Health Workers. WHO/CAH/CAS. 1999. IDPAS# 1856 Request Copy PDF Link to External Site
Growth Monitoring a Forgotten Subject. Morley, D., & Elmore-Meegan, M. FAO: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture 2000;27 14-8. IDPAS# 814 Request Copy PDF
Guidelines for Reporting Methods Used in Dietary Surveys. (1994). FNB 15: 95-97. IDPAS# 158 Request Copy PDF Link to External Site
Hanes II-Examination Staff Procedures Manual for the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. US Department of Health and Human Services. (1976-79): IDPAS# 604 Request Copy PDF
An Innovative Method for the Determination of Normal Values in Hematology Using Peer Group Laboratories. Koepke, J. A. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 1978;70 (3 Suppl): 577-9. IDPAS# 1246 Request Copy PDF
An Interactive 24-Hour Recall for Assessing the Adequacy of Iron and Zinc Intakes in Developing Countries. Gibson, R. S., & Ferguson, E. L. (1999). ILSI Press, Washington DC, USA. IDPAS# 474 Request Copy PDF
Iron: Nutrition Monitoring and Nutrition Status Assessment. Johnson, M. A. (1990). J Nutr 120: 1486-1491. IDPAS# 229A Request Copy
Iron Status with Different Infant Feeding Regimens: Relevance to Screening and Prevention of Iron Deficiency. Pizarro, F., Yip, R., Dallman, P. R., Olivares, M., Hertrampf, E., & Walter, T. (1991). J Pediatr 118: 687-692. IDPAS# 232G Request Copy PDF
Measurement of Iron Status. British Nutrition Foundation Task Force. (1995) In Iron: Nutritional and Physiological Significance. The Report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force. British Nutrition Foundation, ed. Chapman & Hall: London IDPAS# 1093 Request Copy PDF
Measurements of Iron Status. Cook, J. D., Bothwell, T. H., Covell, A. M., Dallman, P. R., Lynch, S. R., & Worwood, M. A. INACG. December. (1985): 78pgs IDPAS# 558 Request Copy
Meat Intake and Iron Status in Late Infancy: An Intervention Study. Englemann, M. D. M., Sandstorm, B., & Michaelsen, K. F. (1998). J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 26: 26-33. IDPAS# 266 Request Copy
Methods to Assess Iron Status in Various NHANES Surveys (Review). Looker, A. C., Gunter, E. W., & Johnson, C. L. Nutrition Reviews 1995;53 (9): 246-54. IDPAS# 1022 Request Copy
Methods for the Measurement of Nutrition Impact and Adaptation of Laboratory Methods into Field Settings to Enhance and Support Community-based Nutrition Research. Solomons., N. Nutrition Reviews 2002;60 (5, Supplement 1): 126-31. IDPAS# 1838 Request Copy
Parâmetros para avaliação do estado nutricional de ferro. Paiva, A. A., Rondo, P. H., & Guerra-Shinohara, E. M. Revista de Saúde Pública 2000;34 (4): 421-26. IDPAS# 1634 Request Copy PDF
Reproducibility and validity of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Willett, W. C., Sampson, L., Stampfer, M. J., Rosner, B., Bain, C., Witschi, J., Hennekens, C. H., & Speizer, F. E. Am J Epidemiol 1985; 122 (1): 51-65. IDPAS# 2096 Request Copy
Screening and Prevention of Nutritional Anemia During Infancy. A Prospective Study of Food Fortification. Berg, R. B., & van Pelt, W. Jama 1978;240 (13): 1362-5. IDPAS# 1280 Request Copy
Screening for Anemia in Infants: Evidence in Favor of Using Identical Hemoglobin Criteria for Blacks and Caucasians. Reeves, J. D., Driggers, D. A., Lo, E. Y., & Dallman, P. R. Am J Clin Nutr 1981;34 (10): 2154-7. IDPAS# 1223 Request Copy PDF
Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in One-year-old Infants: Hemoglobin Alone or Hemoglobin and Mean Corpuscular Volume as Predictors of Response to Iron Treatment. Reeves, J. D., Driggers, D. A., Lo, E. Y., & Dallman, P. R. J Pediatr 1981;98 (6): 894-8. IDPAS# 1222 Request Copy PDF
Should Infants Be Screened for Anaemia? A Prospective Study Investigating the Relation between Haemoglobin at 8, 12, and 18 Months and Development at 18 Months. Sherriff A. Emond, V., A. Bell, J. C. Golding, J and the ALSPAC Study Team. Archive of Child Disease 2001;84 (1): 480–5. IDPAS# 728 Request Copy PDF on Iron World CDROM only
South African Food-based Dietary Guidelines. ILSI. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2001; 14 (3): S1-S80. IDPAS# 1820 Request Copy PDF Link to External Site
Thoughts on Micronutrient Surveillance (Draft). Stoltzfus, R. January. (1998): 7pgs IDPAS# 356 Request Copy PDF
Venous and Arterial Hematologic Profiles of Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Obladen, M., Diepold, K., Maier, R. F., & the European Multicenter RH, Pediatrics October 2000;106 (4): 707-11. IDPAS# 712 Request Copy PDF on Iron World CDROM only Link to External Site
When Is It Necessary to Screen Women for Anemia? Based on Clinical Screening: Everyone Does It but How Sensitive Is It? In a Forthcoming Mothercare Working Paper. Dusch, E. (1996). MotherCare matters 6: 7-9. IDPAS# 468 Request Copy PDF