The impact of a package of single mega dose of vitamin A and daily supplementation of iron, folic acid and vitamin C in improving hemoglobin levels [2]

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-258

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Kaur, Supreet ^a   Singh, Charan ^a   Suri, Shoba ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NAUSEA; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; INDIA; LETTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; VITAMIN A;

EID: 25644446118     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh112     Document Type: Note

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