Anthelmintic treatment improves the hemoglobin and serum ferritin concentrations of Tanzanian schoolchildren

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 332-342

  Bhargava, Alok ^a   Jukes, Matthew ^b   Lambo, Jane ^b   Kihamia, C M ^c   Lorri, W ^d   Nokes, Catherine ^c   Drake, Lesley ^b   Bundy, Donald ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UKUMTA   (Tanzania)

^d Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre   (Tanzania)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Anthelmintic treatment; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Iron deficiency; Longitudinal data; Schistosomiasis; Schoolchildren; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; VERMES;

EID: 1042266996     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650302400403     Document Type: Article

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