The effects of short-term iron supplementation on iron status in infants in malaria-endemic areas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 434-440

  Menendez, Clara ^a   Schellenberg, David ^a   Quinto, Llorenç ^a   Kahigwa, Elizeus ^b,c   Alvarez, Luisa ^a   Aponte, John J ^a   Alonso, Pedro L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c St Francis Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DELTAPRIM; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; MALOPRIM; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 7644225562     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.434     Document Type: Article

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