Concomitant supplemental vitamin A enhances the response to weekly supplemental iron and folic acid in anemic teenagers in urban Bangladesh

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 108-115

  Ahmed, Faruk ^b   Rahman Khan, Moududur ^b   Jackson, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bangladesh; Folate; Folic acid; Hemoglobin; Iron; Retinol; Supplementation; Teenagers; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034976973     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/74.1.108     Document Type: Article

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