Failure of twice-weekly iron supplementation to increase blood haemoglobin and serum ferritin concentrations: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-263

  Olsen, A ^a   Nawiri, J ^b   Magnussen, P ^a   Krarup, H ^c   Friis, H ^d  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b Division of Vector Borne Diseases   (Kenya)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON DEXTRAN; PLACEBO; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 33747817420     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X91486     Document Type: Article

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