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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
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 of Iron Status. Baynes, R. Clinical Biochemistry 1996;29 (3): 209-15. IDPAS# 1270 Request Copy PDF
Assessment of Iron Status. Gibson, R. S. (1990). In R.S. Gibson, ed. Principles of Nutritional Assessment Oxford University Press, New York ,NY USA. IDPAS# 028A Reference Only
Assessment Tools Training. Parvanta, I., & Branca, F. (2002) Powerpoint. IDPAS# 2040 Request Copy PDF
Anemia and Red Cell Distribution Width at the 12-Month Well-Baby Examination. Y. S. Choi and T. Reid. Southern Medical Journal 1998, 91 (4). 372-4. IDPAS# 1275 Request Copy PDF
Availability of Food Folate in Humans. Reinhild Prinz-Langenohl, A. B. J Nutrition 1998;129 913-6. IDPAS# 1444 Request Copy PDF on Iron World CDROM only Link to Full Text on External Site
Clinical Screening: A Cost-Effective Screening Tool for Severe Anemia in Pregnant Women. Technical Working Paper #7. Dusch, E., Galloway, R., Achadi, E., Jus'at, I., Franco, C., Cousens, S., & Williams, L. Mothercare/ John Snow, Inc. Arlington, VA USA. (2000): IDPAS# 552 Request Copy PDF
Comparison of Venipuncture Blood Counts with Microcapillary Measurements in Screening for Anemia in One-Year-Old Infants. W. J. Thomas and T. M. Collins. J Pediatr 1982, 101 (1). 32-5. IDPAS# 1208 Request Copy
A Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Newborn Hemoglobinopathy Screening from the Perspective of State Health Care Systems. B. D. Gessner, S. M. Teutsch and P. A. Shaffer. Early Human Development 1996, 45 (3). 257-75. IDPAS# 1259 Request Copy PDF
Diagnostic Utility of Serum Transferrin Receptors Measurement in Assessing Iron Status. Ahluwalia, N. ILSI Press. 133pgs IDPAS# 081 Reference Only
Differentiation of Homozygous Hemoglobin E from Compound Heterozygous Hemoglobin E-Beta O-Thalassemia by Hemoglobin E Mutation Analysis. J. P. Johnson, E. Vichinsky, D. Hurst, A. Camber, B. Lubin and E. Louie. J Pediatr 1992, 120 (5). 775-9. IDPAS# 1231 Request Copy PDF
Evaluation of serum ferritin in screening for iron deficiency in tuberculosis. Kotru, M., Rusia, U., Sikka, M., Chaturvedi, S., & Jain, A. K. Annals of Hematol 2004;83 (2): 95-100 IDPAS# 3648 Request Copy PDF
Evaluacion del estado nutricional de hierro. Cook, J. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion 1999;49 (2 Suppl): 11S-4S. IDPAS# 1641 Request Copy PDF
Field-Level Calibration of a Method for Assessing Iron Deficiency by Ferritin Analysis in Dried Serum Spots (DSS) on Filter Paper in Population Surveys. Ahluwalia, N. The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA. 2001. IDPAS# 803 Request Copy PDF
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
Food Frequency Questionnaire: A Simplified Dietary Assessment Tool Developed and Field Tested in Tanzania. This Questionnaire Has a Reference Period of Seven Days, and Besides Collecting Data on Dietary Iron Intake, Includes Questions Related to Tea Drinking and Consumption of Foods High in Iron Absorption Inhibitors. UNICEF-Kenya. Academy Press: Washington DC, USA. Nairobi, Kenya. (1989): IDPAS# 336 Reference Only
Food Iron Absorption I. Use of Semi Synthetic Diet to Study Absoprtion of Nonheme Iron. Cook, J. D., & Monsen, E. R. (1975). Am J Clin Nutr 28: 1289-1295. IDPAS# 142 Request Copy
Haemoglobin Colour Scale: A Practical Answer to a Vital Need. (2001). WHO, Geneva, Swizerland IDPAS# 738 Request Copy
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
Hematologic Scoring System in Early Diagnosis of Sepsis in Neutropenic Newborns. Rodwell, R. L., Taylor, K. M., Tudehope, D. I., & Gray, P. H. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1993;12 (5): 372-6. IDPAS# 1220 Request Copy PDF
Hematological Values in Healthy Thai Infants in Southern Thailand. Laosombat, V., & Kiewkankah, V. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 1983;66 (12): 746-54. IDPAS# 1242 Reference Only
Hemoglobin Screening for Normal Newborns. Herzog, B., & Felton, B. Journal of Perinatology 1994;14 (4): 285-9. IDPAS# 1253 Request Copy PDF
Indicators for Assessing Iron Deficiency and Stratgies for Its Prevention (1993 Workshop). WHO/UNU Technical Workshop. WHO. Geneva, Switzerland. (1999): IDPAS# 175 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
Iron assessment tests: transferrin receptor vis-a-vis zinc protoporphyrin. Labbe, R. F., & Dewanji, A. Clin Biochem 2004;37 (3): 165-74 IDPAS# 3649 Request Copy Link to PDF on External Site
Iron Status in Pregnant Women: Which Measurements Are Valid? Broek, N., letsky, E. A., White, S. A., & Shenkin, A. (1998). Brit J Haematology 103: 017-024. IDPAS# 233 Request Copy PDF
Is General Screening for Anemia and Iron Deficiency Justified in Nursing infants? Munoz Perez, M. A., Garcia Vera, C., Galve Royo, F., Fortea Gimeno, E., Olmedillas Alvaro, M. J., Munoz Izquierdo, M. P., Adivinacion Herrero, A., & Montaner Cosa, C. Atencion Primaria 1995;15 (7): 446-8. IDPAS# 1233 Request Copy PDF
A Method to Estimate Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Adolescent Jamaican Girls. Himes, J., Walker, S., Williams, S., Bennett, F., & Grantham-McGregor, S. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65 (3): 831-1182. IDPAS# 629 Request Copy Link to External Site
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
Model for Measuring Dietary Absorption of Heme-Iron: Test with a Complete Meal. Layrisse, M., & Martinez-Torres, C. (1972). Am J Clin Nutr 25: 401-411. IDPAS# 272 Request Copy
The New Childhood Growth Charts. Roberts, S. B., & Dallal, G. E. Nutrition Reviews 2001;59 (2): 31-6. IDPAS# 1841 Request Copy PDF
Prediction of Dietary Iron Absorption: An Algorithm for Calculating Absorption and Bioavailability of Dietary Iron. Hallberg, L., & Hulthen, L. (2000). Am J Clin Nutr 71: 1147-1160. IDPAS# 293 Request Copy PDF Link to External Site
The Ratio of Serum Transferrin Receptor and Serum Ferritin in the Diagnosis of Iron Status. Malope, B. I., MacPhail, A. P., Alberts, M., & Hiss, D. C. British Journal of Haematology October 2001;115 (1): 84-9. IDPAS# 719 Request Copy Link to Full Text on External Site
Red Blood Cell Indices and Iron Status According to Feeding Practices in Infants and Young Children. Kim, S. K., Cheong, W. S., Jun, Y. H., Choi, J. W., & Son, B. K. (1996). Acta Paediatr 85: 139-144. IDPAS# 411 Request Copy PDF
Reevaluation of the utility of mean cell hemoglobin (MCH) screening in infants for iron deficiency. Archambeaud-Breton, M. P., Dommergues, J. P., Ducot, B., Rossignol, C., Yvart, J., & Tchernia, G. Nouvelle Revue Francaise d Hematologie 1989;31 (4): 307-9. IDPAS# 1285 Request Copy PDF
Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Content to Diagnose Iron Deficiency in Children. Brugnara, C., Zurakowski, D., DiCanzio, j., Boyd, T., & Platt, O. (1999). JAMA 281: 2225. IDPAS# 325 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 by Dietary History in a High-Risk Population. Bogen, D. L., Duggan, A. K., Dover, G. J., & Wilson, M. H. Pediatrics 2000;105 (6): 1254-9. IDPAS# 330A Request Copy PDF
Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia-Including Iron Prophylaxis. DiGuiseppi, C. Prepared for the US Preventive Services Task Force. (1998): IDPAS# 417 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
Serum Transferrin Receptor: A Specific Marker of Iron Deficiency in Pregnancy. Akesson, A., Bjellerup, P., Berglund, M., Bremme, K., & Vahter, M. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;68 (6): 1241-67. IDPAS# 655 Request Copy PDF Link to External Site
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
Spot Ferritin Assay for Serum Samples Dried on Filter Paper. Ahluwalia, N., Lonnerdal, B., Lorens, S., & Allen, L. (1998). Am J Clin Nutr 67: 88-92. IDPAS# 344 Request Copy PDF
Spot Test for Iron in Flour (Technical Specs)--AACC Method 40-40. IDPAS# 761 Request Copy PDF
Usefulness of Serum Transferrin Receptor and Serum Ferritin in Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in Infancy. Olivares, M., Walter, T., Cook, J. D., Hertrampf, E., & Pizarro, F. (2000). Am J Clin Nutr 72: 1191-1195. IDPAS# 502 Request Copy PDF
Use of Capillary Blood to Assess Iron Status In Rural Kenya: Combined Measures of TfR, ZPP:H, Hb and CRP. Shell-Duncan, B. Audiovisual materials from a presentation given at the 2003 INACG Symposium: Integrating Programs to Move Iron Deficiency and Anemia Control Forward, Marrakech, Morocco, 6 February 2003. (2003) IDPAS# 2212 Request Copy
Validity and reproducibility of a computerised tool for assessing the iron, calcium and vitamin C intake of Belgian women. Matthys, C., Pynaert, I., Roe, M., Fairweather-Tait, S. J., Heath, A., & Henauw, S. D. Eur J Clin Nutr 2004;58 (9): 1297-305. IDPAS# 2772 Request Copy Link to PDF on External Site
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
What Critical Value of Transferrin Saturation Identifies Iron Deficiency in Nonanemic Breastfed Infants (Letter). Siimes, M., & Saarinen, U. M. (1977). J Pediatr 91: 1027-1029. IDPAS# 415 Request Copy
Zinc Protoporphyrin/Heme Ratio for Diagnosis of Preanemic Iron Deficiency. Rettmer, R. L., Carlson, T. H., Origenes, M. L. J., Jack, R., & Labbe, R. F. Pediatrics September 1999;104 (3): 556. IDPAS# 706 Request Copy Link to Full Text on External Site