Randomised placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation and malaria chemoprophylaxis for prevention of severe anaemia and malaria in Tanzanian infants

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9081, 1997, Pages 844-850

  Menendez, Clara ^a   Kahigwa, Elizeus ^b   Hirt, Rosmarie ^a,c   Vounatsou, Penelope ^d   Aponte, John J ^a   Font, Fidel ^a   Acosta, Camilo J ^a,c   Schellenberg, David M ^a,c   Galindo, Claudia M ^a,c   Kimario, John ^c   Urassa, Honorathy ^c   Brabin, Bernard ^e   Smith, Tom A ^d   Kitua, Andrew Y ^c   Tanner, Marcel ^d   Alonso, Pedro L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b St Francis Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DAPSONE; DELTAPRIM; FERROGLYCINE SULFATE; FERROUS SULFATE; PYRIMETHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 0030882089     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)04229-3     Document Type: Article

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