By Louise Gagnon
Special to DG News
MONTREAL, QC — February 4, 2002 — Treating iron deficiency anaemia through diet supplementation using iron sprinkles has proven effective in a developing country, according to research presented here yesterday, during the Seventh Canadian Digestive Diseases Week, the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology.
"Iron deficiency anaemia is a major international health problem affecting four million people worldwide," said Dr. Elyanne Ratcliffe, a clinical fellow in gastroenterology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "It has effects on cognition and development."
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