Effects of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on admission to hospital and mortality in preschool children in a high malaria transmission setting: Community-based, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9505, 2006, Pages 133-143

  Sazawal, Sunil ^a   Black, Robert E ^a   Ramsan, Mahdi ^b   Chwaya, Hababu M ^c   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^d   Dutta, Arup ^a   Dhingra, Usha ^a   Kabole, Ibrahim ^b   Deb, Saikat ^a   Othman, Mashavi K ^b   Kabole, Fatma M ^b  

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

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

^c Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme   (Tanzania)

^d Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; PLACEBO; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 30444459334     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)67962-2     Document Type: Article

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