Weekly iron supplementation is as effective as 5 day per week iron supplementation in Bolivian school children living at high altitude

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 381-386

  Berger, J ^a,c   Aguayo, V M ^a   Tellez W ^b   Lujan C ^b   Traissac, P ^a   San Miguel, J L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Nutrition Unit   (Bolivia)

^c ORSTROM   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anemia; Iron; School children; Weekly supplementation

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030914784     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600418     Document Type: Article

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