Effectiveness of weekly vitamin A (10 000 IU) and iron (60 mg) supplementation for adolescent boys and girls through schools in rural and urban East Java, Indonesia

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 927-937

  Soekarjo, D D ^a,b   de Pee, S ^a   Kusin, J A ^b   Schreurs, W H P ^b   Schultink, W ^c   Muhilal, A ^d   Bloem, M W ^a  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Nutrition Research and Development Center   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anaemia; Indonesia; Vitamin A deficiency; Weekly supplementation

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDONESIA; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 3142673449     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601914     Document Type: Article

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