Low Dose Daily Iron Supplementation Improves Iron Status and Appetite but Not Anemia, whereas Quarterly Anthelminthic Treatment Improves Growth, Appetite and Anemia in Zanzibari Preschool Children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 348-356

  Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a   Chway, Hababu M ^b   Montresor, Antonio ^c   Tielsch, James M ^d   Jape, Jape Khatib ^e   Albonico, Marco ^f   Savioli, Lorenzo ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri United Republic of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^f Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anemia; Appetite; Growth; Helminths; Iron

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MEBENDAZOLE; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ANEMIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

VERMES;

EID: 0942268820     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.2.348     Document Type: Article

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