The Effectiveness of Weekly Iron Supplementation in Pregnant Women of Rural Northern Malawi

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 84-88

  Young, M W ^a   Lupafya, E ^b   Kapenda, E ^a   Bobrow, E A ^a  

^a Ekwendeni Hospital   (Malawi)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MALAWI; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOLIC ACID; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALAWI; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034108815     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000210     Document Type: Article

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