The effect of weekly iron supplementation on anaemia and on iron deficiency among female tea pluckers in Bangladesh

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-190

  Gilgen, D ^a   Mascie Taylor, C G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ferritin; Haemoglobin; Iron deficiency; Weekly iron supplementation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH PAIN; TEA; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; TEA;

EID: 0034975080     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277X.2001.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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