Efficacy of Twice Weekly Iron Supplementation in Anemic Adolescent Girls

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1186-1190

  Shobha, S ^a   Sharada, D ^a  

^a ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Anemia; Hemoglobin; Iron supplementation

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON, DIETARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347517875     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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