Baseline iron indices as predictors of hemoglobin improvement in anemic Vietnamese women receiving weekly iron-folic acid supplementation and deworming

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1114-1119

  Pasricha, Sant Rayn ^a   Casey, Gerard J ^a   Phuc, Tran Q ^b   Mihrshahi, Seema ^a   MacGregor, Lachlan ^a   Montresor, Antonio ^c   Tien, Nong ^b   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; VIET NAM; WORM EXPULSION; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHELMINTICS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY; VIETNAM;

EID: 73949145196     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0162     Document Type: Article

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