Micronutrient and iron supplementation and effective anti-malarial treatment synergistically improve childhood anaemia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 696-705

  Ekvall, H ^a   Premji, Z ^b   Bjorkman A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Child; Iron; Micronutrients; Plasmodium falciparum malaria; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ELYQUINE; FANSIDAR; IRON; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANAEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; MALARIA; NUTRIENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033736136     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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