Randomised trial of vitamin A supplementation in pregnant women in rural Malawi found to be anaemic on screening by HemoCue

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 569-576

  Van Den Broek, N R ^a   White, S A ^b   Flowers, C ^c   Cook, J D ^c   Letsky, E A ^d   Tanumihardjo, S A ^e   Mhango, C ^b   Molyneux, M ^b   Neilson, J P ^f  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Pregnancy; Randomised controlled trial; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

IRON; PLACEBO; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COULTER COUNTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALARIA; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33645988856     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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