Anemia prophylaxis in adolescent school girls by weekly or daily iron-folate supplementation

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-302

  Agarwal, K N ^a   Gomber, S ^b   Bisht, H ^b   Som, M ^b  

^a Hlth Care and Res Assoc for Adol   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ferritin; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GOVERNMENT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037397543     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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