The effect of weekly iron and vitamin A supplementation on hemoglobin levels and iron status in adolescent schoolgirls in western Kenya

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-182

  Leenstra, T ^a,b   Kariuki, S K ^a   Kurtis, J D ^c   Oloo, A J ^a   Kager, P A ^b   ter Kuile, F O ^a,b,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MENSTRUATION; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRON; KENYA; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; RISK; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 59849110188     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602919     Document Type: Article

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