Providing iron/folic acid tablets free of charge improves compliance in pregnant women in Senegal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 485-492

  Seck, Binetou C ^a   Jackson, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Compliance; Iron; Pregnancy; Senegal; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENEGAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL CARE; SENEGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549099990     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.11.022     Document Type: Article

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