A double-blind randomized controlled trial of antenatal mebendazole to reduce low birthweight in a hookworm-endemic area of Peru

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1485-1495

  Larocque, Renée ^a,b   Casapia, Martin ^c   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^d   MacLean, J Dick ^b   Soto, Julio C ^e   Rahme, Elham ^a,b   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL SELVA AMAZÓNICA   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Birthweight; Hookworm; Mebendazole; Pregnant women; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IRON; MEBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ANEMIA; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG; IRON; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MEBENDAZOLE; PERU; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 33749025546     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01706.x     Document Type: Article

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