The impact of weekly iron supplementation on the iron status and growth of adolescent girls in Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 794-799

  Beasley, N M R ^a   Tomkins, A M ^a,b   Hall, A ^c   Lorri, W ^d   Kihamia, C M ^d   Bundy, D A P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PO Box 9383   (Tanzania)

^d Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre   (Tanzania)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Anaemia; Growth; Iron status; Malaria; Supplementation; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PRAZIQUANTEL;

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0034536761     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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