Evaluation of effectiveness of iron-folate supplementation and anthelminthic therapy against anemia in pregnancy - A study in the plantation sector of Sri Lanka

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 286-292

  Atukorala, T M Sunethra ^a   De Silva, L Dilip R ^b   Dechering, Wim H J C ^b   De C Dassenaeike, T Stanley ^b   Perera, Rajitha S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITISM; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0027936084     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/60.2.286     Document Type: Article

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