The efficacy of micronutrient supplementation in reducing the prevalence of anaemia and deficiencies of zinc and iron among adolescents in Sri Lanka

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 856-865

  Hettiarachchi, M ^a   Liyanage, C ^a   Wickremasinghe, R ^b   Hilmers, D C ^c   Abrams, S A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC;

EID: 47249114924     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602791     Document Type: Article

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