The effect of iron fortification and de-worming on anaemia and iron status of Vietnamese schoolchildren

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 955-962

  Le, Huong Thi ^a   Brouwer, Inge D ^b   Nguyen, Khan Cong ^c   Burema, Jan ^b   Kok, Frans J ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; De worming; Iron deficiency; Iron fortification; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EDETATE SODIUM; FERRAZONE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IRON; MEBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHURIS; VIET NAM; WORM EXPULSION;

ANEMIA; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ASCARIASIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THALASSEMIA; TRICHURIASIS; VIETNAM;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 34147108864     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507659029     Document Type: Article

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